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Occurrence record: Ornithology:BE918

Preserved specimen of Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler, 1827) | Australasian Bittern recorded on 1912-12-04
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number BE918
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:BE918
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg|Dry
Collector Opie, Arthur  
Supplied as "Arthur Opie"
Individual count 5
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Country conservation Endangered
State conservation Victoria: Critically Endangered
Supplied as Critically Endangered

Event

Occurrence date 1912-12-04
Supplied date "1912-12-04T00:00:00\1912-12-04T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Pelecaniformes | Ardeidae
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
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Lake Baker, north of Lake Boga, near Murray R
Latitude -35.43
Supplied as: "-35.43"
Longitude 143.62
Supplied as: "143.62"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Lake Baker, north of Lake Boga, near Murray R
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North Central
    NRM Regions 2017 North Central
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Central
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Riverina
    IBRA 7 Regions Riverina
    IBRA 7 Subregions Murray Fans
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Low Impact Exploration and Exploration - Wamba Wamba, Barapa Barapa, & Wadi Wadi Peoples
    Local Government Areas 2011 Swan Hill (RC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Swan Hill Bal
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SWAN HILL RURAL CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 5
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 832
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SWAN HILL REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MURRAY RIVER - SWAN HILL
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MALLEE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SWAN HILL
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SWAN HILL - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SWAN HILL
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone - Tri State FFEZ
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    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 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 326.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 98.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 57.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 62.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 105.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 41.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 28.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.78
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.333334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.3
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.59
    Elevation 68.0 m