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Occurrence record: AVIF:A23914

Preserved specimen of Numenius (Numenius) madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | Eastern Curlew
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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 A23914
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:AVIF:23914
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin
Collector Darnell, J.  
Supplied as "Darnell,J."
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Critically Endangered
Data generalizations Record is Critically Endangered in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.
State conservation Critically Endangered

Event

Verbatim event date 1991-01-01
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Numenius (Numenius) madagascariensis
Identified to rank species
Common name Eastern Curlew
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Scolopacidae
Genus Numenius
Species Numenius madagascariensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1766)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -20.3
Supplied as: "-20.3"
Longitude 118.6
Supplied as: "118.6"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Finucane Island
Island group Dampier Archipelago
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 Critically Endangered in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.".
Municipality Finucane Island
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (nearshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TOWN OF PORT HEDLAND

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 315.2 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 115.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 206.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 207.4 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 21.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.359999 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.92 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.24 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 26.02 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.528 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.32
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.22 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.640001 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.23