Occurrence record: Ornithology:R11609

Preserved specimen of Thinornis G.R. Gray, 1845 | Black-fronted Dotterel

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Dataset

Data partner	OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource	Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code	Museums Victoria Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection	Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number	R11609
Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:R11609
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Skin\|Dry
Collector	A W. Howitt
Sex	Unknown
Individual count	1
License	CC0 Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder	Museums Victoria
Institution ID	urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language	en
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Owner institution code	NMV

Event

Occurrence date	Year: 1860, Month: 11, Day: Supplied as year:1860 month:11
Date precision	MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Animalia \| Chordata \| Vertebrata \| Aves \| Charadriiformes \| Charadriidae
Scientific name	Thinornis Supplied scientific name "Thinornis melanops"
Identified to rank	genus Supplied as "Species"
Common name	Black-fronted Dotterel
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Charadriidae
Genus	Thinornis
Species	Thinornis melanops
Name match metric	higherMatch
Scientific name authorship	G.R. Gray, 1845
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICZN

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	South Australia
Locality	Cooper Ck
Latitude	-28.38 Supplied as: "-28.38"
Longitude	137.68 Supplied as: "137.68"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality	Cooper Ck
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Georeference protocol	AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

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Test name	Result
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Warning
Taxon match higher rank	Warning
Show/Hide 96 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
First of the century	Passed
First of the month	Passed
First of the year	Passed
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Passed
Identification date before occurrence date	Passed
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Passed
Individual count invalid	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Missing georeference protocol	Passed
Missing taxon rank	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
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Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
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Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial	Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial	Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database)	Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
Directory of Important Wetlands	Lake Eyre
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Dieri
NRM Regions 2010	South Australian Arid Lands
NRM Regions 2017	South Australian Arid Lands
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	South Australian Arid Lands
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	South Australian Arid Lands
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields
IBRA 7 Regions	Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields
IBRA 7 Subregions	Dieri
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	Lake Eyre Basin
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Lake Eyre Basin
Drainage Divisions Level 2	LAKE EYRE
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Eyre
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	Arabana Parks ILUA
Indigenous Locations 2021	Lake Eyre - Lake Torrens
Indigenous Regions 2021	Port Augusta
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Greater South Australia
Marine
States including coastal waters	South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	South Australia
Australian States and Territories	South Australia
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Grey
Electorates March 2025	Grey
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	Arabana Parks ILUA
Local Government Areas 2011	Unincorporated SA
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Unincorp. Far North
Local Government Areas 2023	Unincorporated SA
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	PASTORAL UNINCORPORATED AREA
National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes	Arabana People
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	73
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	505
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF SA
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	OUTBACK
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	OUTBACK - NORTH AND EAST
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	GREY
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	EYRE
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	LAKE EYRE - LAKE TORRENS
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	PORT AUGUSTA
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Very Remote Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	STUART
PSMA States (2016)	SOUTH AUSTRALIA
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Stuart
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Outback
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of SA
Postal Areas 2021	5733
Remoteness Areas 2021	Very Remote Australia
States and Territories 2021	South Australia
Statistical Areas Level 2	Outback
Statistical Areas Level 3	Outback - North and East
Statistical Areas Level 4	South Australia - Outback
Tourism Regions 2021	Flinders Ranges and Outback
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Non-Indigenous, Non forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Non Forest
Forests of Australia 2018B	Non forest
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Nature Conservation Reserve
Vegetation types - native	Hummock grasslands
Vegetation types - present	Hummock grasslands

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	116.0 frequency
Species Richness	90.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	149.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	31.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	1.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	24.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	53.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	59.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	8.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	60.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	21.5 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	29.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	28.3 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	22.2 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	33.5 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	5.5 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	13.8 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	15.1 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	16.4 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.45 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	2.18
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	39.1 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	30.2 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	30.1 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	166.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	60.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	8.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	27.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	37.90063 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	44.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	28.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	60.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	22.054167 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	30.5 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	6.8 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	14.1 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	13.725 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	22.483334 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	45.0 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	631.3386
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	37.3 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	29.666666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	14.783334 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	46.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.05
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	0.09
Elevation	-6.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Thinornis melanops	Thinornis
	Match type		higherMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/065f1da4-53cd-40b8-a396-80fa5c74dedd
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/509cd85d-bcf8-48b1-b2c3-7e8415950109
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/61ad6012-e658-483b-9cbc-0ead0934fd86
	Order	Charadriiformes	Charadriiformes
	Taxon rank id		6000
	Genus	Thinornis	Thinornis
	Left		6029
	Higher classification	Animalia \| Chordata \| Vertebrata \| Aves \| Charadriiformes \| Charadriidae
	Scientific name authorship		G.R. Gray, 1845
	Taxon rank	Species	genus
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/61ad6012-e658-483b-9cbc-0ead0934fd86
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name	Black-fronted Dotterel
	Nomenclatural code	ICZN
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/963a4568-f461-4e6b-bfec-7a4fd9be4fd8
	Right		6035
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	melanops
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/65625205-db74-4a87-b566-ca387b119974
	Phylum	Chordata	Chordata
	Class	Aves	Aves
	Family	Charadriidae	Charadriidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Year	1860	1860
	Month	11	11
	Date precision		MONTH
Occurrence	Rights holder		Museums Victoria
	Institution ID	urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
	Individual count	1	1
	Language	en
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	R11609
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2026-02-17T15:29:00	2026-02-17T15:29
	Collection code	Ornithology
	Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:R11609
	Owner institution code	NMV
	Preparations	Skin\|Dry
	Institution code	NMV
	Sex	Unknown
	Recorded by	A W. Howitt
Attribution	Data resource		Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection
	License	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode	CC0
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr342	dr342
	Institution ID		in16
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Museums Victoria
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co120
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-28.38	-28.38
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Cooper Ck	Cooper Ck
	Decimal longitude	137.68	137.68
	State province	South Australia	South Australia
	Verbatim locality	Cooper Ck
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Lga	Unincorporated SA
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		AU
	Georeference protocol	AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
	Geodetic datum	WGS84	EPSG:4326

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