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Occurrence record: AVIF:A40385

Preserved specimen of Pezoporus occidentalis (Gould, 1861) | Night Parrot
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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 A40385
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:AVIF:40385
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Mounted; Wet; Dry; Wet
Collector Long, L.  
Supplied as "Long, L."
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Life stage Subadult
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation 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 2022-08-13
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pezoporus occidentalis
Identified to rank species
Common name Night Parrot
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Psittaciformes
Family Psittacidae
Supplied as "Psittaculidae"
Genus Pezoporus
Species Pezoporus occidentalis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gould, 1861)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -23.4
Supplied as: "-23.4"
Longitude 120.8
Supplied as: "120.8"
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 Critically Endangered in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.".
Municipality Jigalong Community
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gascoyne
    IBRA 7 Regions Gascoyne
    IBRA 7 Subregions Augustus
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FORTESCUE RIVER
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Gascoyne/Murchison
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Nyiyaparli People and BHP Billiton Comprehensive Agreement�Initial ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 East Pilbara (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated East Pilbara
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF EAST PILBARA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1122
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2073
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EAST PILBARA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EAST PILBARA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) EAST PILBARA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) EAST PILBARA - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH HEDLAND
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PILBARA, MP
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous managed, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus low open woodlands with hummock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Acacia forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 292.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 40.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 109.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 152.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 171.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 24.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 33.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.06
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.075 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.09
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.17
    Elevation 527.0 m