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Occurrence record: Birds:O9402

Preserved specimen of Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820 | Australasian Purple Swamphen recorded on 1962-05-16
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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 O9402
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Birds:O9402
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skin
Sex Neonate
Life stage Uncertain
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date 1962-05-16
Verbatim event date 16 May 1962
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus
Supplied scientific name "Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Australasian Purple Swamphen
Supplied common name "Purple Swamphen"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Gruiformes
Family Rallidae
Genus Porphyrio
Species Porphyrio porphyrio
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet melanotus
Scientific name authorship Temminck, 1820
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Caley Valley, via Bowen
Latitude -19.933333
Supplied as: "-19.933333"
Longitude 148.05
Supplied as: "148.05"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 19° 56' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 3' East

Additional properties

object id VE29099

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 05c3df72-43ff-4320-986a-437dcefb75b3
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
    Coordinates -19.933333,148.05
    Related records
    Record UUID 42c72145-7d49-42d0-9631-fff8e52b8239
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
    Coordinates -19.933333,148.05

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Abbot Point - Caley Valley
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA 7 Regions Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA 7 Subregions Townsville Plains
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DON RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Hancock Alpha Coal Project (Port Area Native Title Group)
    Local Government Areas 2011 Whitsunday (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Bowen
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WHITSUNDAY REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 31
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1047
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) COLLINSVILLE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BOWEN BASIN - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MACKAY - ISAAC - WHITSUNDAY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DAWSON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BOWEN (QLD)
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BOWEN (QLD)
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BURDEKIN
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflat
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Naturally bare, sand, rock, claypan, mudflat
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Melaleuca forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 821.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 91.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 473.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 52.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 486.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.08
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.333334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.43
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.87
    Elevation 1.0 m