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  • Ornithology 101173 MCZ Ornithology
  • Sterna paradisaea
  • skin (dry)
  • North America: United States: Massachusetts: Nantucket: Tuckernuck Island
  • 17/7/1879
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Identifications
Sterna paradisaea
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Charadriiformes Lari Laridae Sterna paradisaea
Identified by Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog
Locality and Collecting Event Details
Continent/Ocean: North America
Country: United States
State/Province: Massachusetts
County: Nantucket
Island: Tuckernuck Island
Verbatim Locality: North America, USA, Massachusetts, Nantucket
Collecting Source: wild caught
Coordinates: 41° 16´ 0´´ N 70° 11´ 0´´ W (Datum: unknown) , Error: 0 m
[no agent data]; 2010-12-12; Source: unknown
Collecting Date: 17/7/1879
Collectors
Edward A. Bangs
Outram Bangs
Identifiers
collector number: 229
previous number: 1173
Part Details
Part Name Condition Disposition # Remarks
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1
Attributes
sex: male
[no agent data], 2010-12-12, migration
age class: adult
  [no agent data], 2010-12-12, migration
Media
 
Media of type text, Ornithology 101151;101152;101153;101154;101155;101156;101157;101158;101159;101160;101162;101163;101164;101166;101168;101169;101170;101171;101173;101174;101175;101176;101178;101179;101180;101182;101183;101184;101185;101186;101187;101189;101191;101192;101193;101194;101196;101198;101199;101200. Description:MCZ Ornithology E.A. and O. Bangs Collection 100001-112500, pg.24

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Media Details
MCZ Ornithology E.A. and O. Bangs Collection 100001-112500, pg.24

 
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