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Occurrence record: Birds:O6892

Preserved specimen of Dendrocygna arcuata australis Reichenbach, 1850 | Torresian Wandering Whistling-duck recorded on 1960-11-07
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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 O6892
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Birds:O6892
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skin
Sex Adult
Life stage Male
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes G746

Event

Occurrence date 1960-11-07
Verbatim event date 07 Nov 1960
End day of year 312
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 312

Taxonomy

Scientific name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Torresian Wandering Whistling-duck
Supplied common name "Wandering Whistling-Duck"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Anseriformes
Family Anatidae
Genus Dendrocygna
Species Dendrocygna arcuata
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet australis
Subspecies Dendrocygna arcuata australis
Scientific name authorship Reichenbach, 1850
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Cattle Ck, via Ingham
Latitude -18.716667
Supplied as: "-18.716667"
Longitude 146.116667
Supplied as: "146.116667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Field notes G746
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18° 43' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 7' East

Additional properties

object id VE5951

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Herbert River Floodplain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Herbert
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Herbert
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HERBERT RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Hinchinbrook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Hinchinbrook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HINCHINBROOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 38
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 660
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) INGHAM REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CHARTERS TOWERS - AYR - INGHAM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) INGHAM - HINCHINBROOK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HINCHINBROOK
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HINCHINBROOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Hinchinbrook
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 4514.0 frequency
    Species Richness 366.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1782.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 94.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 93.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 954.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 116.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1064.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.04
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1743.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 116.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 22.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 97.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 89.98907 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 1010.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 398.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1010.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.058334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 19.300001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 13.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 19.683332 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 10.35 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 20.45 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 53.626938 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 317.21686
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.466667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.466667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.7
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 8.0 m