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Occurrence record: Birds:O17279

Preserved specimen of Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775) | Terek Sandpiper recorded on 1978-08-28
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Birds
Supplied collection code "Birds"
Catalog number O17279
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Birds:O17279
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Country conservation Vulnerable
State conservation Vulnerable

Event

Occurrence date 1978-08-28
Verbatim event date 28 Aug 1978
End day of year 240
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 240

Taxonomy

Scientific name Xenus cinereus
Identified to rank species
Common name Terek Sandpiper
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Scolopacidae
Genus Xenus
Species Xenus cinereus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Güldenstädt, 1775)
Supplied as (Guldenstädt, 1775)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Booby Is
Latitude -10.6
Supplied as: "-10.6"
Longitude 141.916667
Supplied as: "141.916667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10° 36' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 141° 55' East

Additional properties

map pin -10.6|141.916667
object id VE15598

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Torres Strait Dugong Sanctuary
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Torres Strait Dugong Sanctuary
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Torres Strait Dugong Sanctuary
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Torres Strait Dugong Sanctuary
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Torres Strait
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northeast Shelf Transition
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Torres Strait
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Torres Strait
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Leichhardt
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 502.0 frequency
    Species Richness 210.0 frequency