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Occurrence record: Ornithology:O.69845

Preserved specimen of Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764) | Little Tern recorded on 1960-09-30
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number O.69845
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:3077395","urn:catalog:AM:Ornithology:O.69845"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ornithology:O.69845
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2015-09
Supplied as 2015-9
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "per Christidis & Boles (2008)";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:3013539
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "per Christidis & Boles (2008)";
Occurrence date 1960-09-30
End day of year 274
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 274

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sternula albifrons
Supplied scientific name "Sternula albifrons Pallas, 1764"
Identified to rank species
Common name Little Tern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Sternula
Species Sternula albifrons
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Sternula albifrons Pallas, 1764
Scientific name authorship (Pallas, 1764)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Pallas, 1764

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -17.133
Supplied as: "-17.133"
Longitude 152.1
Supplied as: "152.1"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Observatory Cay, Lihou Reef, Coral Sea
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Observatory Cay, Lihou Reef, Coral Sea (17° 08' S, 152° 06' E) 30/09/1960 - 30/09/1960, Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 17° 8' S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 6' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2016/8/11
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2016/8/11
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Coral Sea
    RAMSAR wetland regions Coral Sea Reserves (Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reefs and Cays)
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Province
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Coral Sea Marine Park

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 428.0 frequency
    Species Richness 218.0 frequency
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %