Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 33 meters (107 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Genus:
Onychoprion
()
- Wagler 1832 Isis 25 col.277 Nomenclature
- Specific name:
lunatus
- Scientific name: - Onychoprion lunatus (Peale) 1848 (Peale) 1848 U.S.Expl.Exped. 8 p.227
- Specific name:
lunatus
- Genus:
Onychoprion
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Onychoprion
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Further Reading
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- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 3 1951 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 160.
Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 25, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13766860
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2383844
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 536.290 based on 2,073 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
