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Occurrence record: AVIF:A39316

Preserved specimen of Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) | Nankeen Night-heron
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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 A39316
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:AVIF:39316
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg; Dry
Collector Carnaby, I.C.
Individual count 3
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Verbatim event date 1968-10-30
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus
Identified to rank species
Common name Nankeen Night-heron
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Supplied as "Pelecaniformes"
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 Western Australia
Supplied as: "New South Wales"
Locality Toolibin Lake
Latitude -32.916667
Supplied as: "-32.916667"
Longitude 117.6
Supplied as: "117.6"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality Toolibin Lake
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32°55`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 117°36`00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Toolibin
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Toolibin
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Toolibin
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Avon Wheatbelt
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Katanning
    NRM Regions 2010 South West
    NRM Regions 2017 South West Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South West Region
    RAMSAR wetland regions Toolibin Lake (also known as Lake Toolibin)
    Ramsar Wetlands of Australia 2024 Toolibin Lake (also known as Lake Toolibin)
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South West Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Avon Wheatbelt
    IBRA 7 Regions Avon Wheatbelt
    IBRA 7 Subregions Katanning
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BLACKWOOD RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Hotham - Kulin
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Gnaala Karla Booja Indigenous Land Use Agreement
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Kulin
    Indigenous Regions 2021 South-Western WA
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 South West
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 O'Connor
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wickepin (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wickepin
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF WICKEPIN
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 4
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 446
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KULIN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WHEAT BELT - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - WHEAT BELT
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) HOTHAM - KULIN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KULIN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-WESTERN WA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) AGRICULTURAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Central Wheatbelt (Agricultural)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Kulin
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Wickepin
    Postal Areas 2021 6312
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Kulin
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Wheat Belt - South
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Wheat Belt
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's Golden Outback
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1573.0 frequency
    Species Richness 482.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 350.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 147.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 53.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 154.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 36.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.64
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 367.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 160.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 9.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 44.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 52.695797 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 44.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 57.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 160.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.4375 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 26.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 13.075 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 22.533333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.288464 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 490.4271
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 31.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 22.533333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 10.7 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.34
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.75
    Elevation 310.0 m