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Occurrence record: Bird:T2959

Preserved specimen of Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) | Nankeen Night-heron recorded on 1965-03-05
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Bird Collection
Supplied collection code "Bird"
Catalog number T2959
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Bird:T2959
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations skin
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1965-03-05
Supplied as year:1965  month:3  day:5 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus
Identified to rank species
Common name Nankeen Night-heron
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Family Ardeidae
Genus Nycticorax
Species Nycticorax caledonicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gmelin, 1789)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Alice Springs, Central Australia
Latitude -23.767
Supplied as: "-23.767"
Longitude 133.883
Supplied as: "133.883"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Finke
    IBRA 7 Regions Finke
    IBRA 7 Subregions Henbury
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DIAMANTINA-GEORGINA RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 Alice Springs (T)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Alice Springs- Heavitree
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ALICE SPRINGS MUNICIPALITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 840
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3637
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ROSS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ALICE SPRINGS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ALICE EXC. TOWN CAMPS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HEAVITREE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ALICE SPRINGS
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NAMATJIRA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    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 Acacia Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Acacia (+/- low) open woodlands and sparse shrublands +/- tussock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Acacia open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 294.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 56.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 123.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 129.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 22.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 34.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.1
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 21.266666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.13
    Elevation 553.0 m