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Occurrence record: AVIF:A759

Preserved specimen of Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler, 1827) | Australasian Bittern
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Bird Collection
Supplied collection code "AVIF"
Catalog number A759
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:AVIF:759
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin
Sex Male
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Endangered
Data generalizations Record is Endangered in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.
State conservation Endangered

Event

Verbatim event date 1915-03-01
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Botaurus poiciloptilus
Identified to rank species
Common name Australasian Bittern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Supplied as "Pelecaniformes"
Family Ardeidae
Genus Botaurus
Species Botaurus poiciloptilus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Wagler, 1827)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -31.9
Supplied as: "-31.9"
Longitude 115.9
Supplied as: "115.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is Endangered in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.".
Municipality Mount Lawley
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Subregions Eyre Hills
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EYRE PENINSULA
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Port Lincoln (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Port Lincoln
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF PORT LINCOLN
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 17
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 724
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT LINCOLN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) PORT LINCOLN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) PORT LINCOLN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT LINCOLN - CEDUNA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    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 Eucalypt Mallee Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mallee with a dense shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Mallee woodlands and shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 465.66666 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 214.66667 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 43.666668 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 218.66667 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.633333 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 41.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.333332 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.833332 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.033334 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.04
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.933332 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.233334 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.345833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 87.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.41666666
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.88666666
    Elevation 26.0 m