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Occurrence record: Ornithology:R6528

Preserved specimen of Turnix (Ortygodes) maculosus melanotus (Gould, 1837) | Australian Red-backed Button-quail
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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 R6528
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:R6528
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin|Dry
Collector J A. Kershaw
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1914, Month: 2, Day:
Supplied as year:1914  month:2 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Turniciformes | Turnicidae
Scientific name Turnix (Ortygodes) maculosus melanotus
Supplied scientific name "Turnix maculosa melanota"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Australian Red-backed Button-quail
Supplied common name "Red-backed Button-quail"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Turniciformes
Family Turnicidae
Genus Turnix
Species Turnix maculosus
Name match metric fuzzyMatch
Infraspecific epithet melanota
Subspecies Turnix (Ortygodes) maculosus melanotus
Scientific name authorship (Gould, 1837)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Claudie R, Cape York Peninsula
Latitude -12.83
Supplied as: "-12.83"
Longitude 143.35
Supplied as: "143.35"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Claudie R, Cape York Peninsula
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 3d96a5aa-8d28-410a-a2ea-fc0bd5e9532a
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Turnix maculosa melanota
    Coordinates -12.83,143.35
    Related records
    Record UUID 9625b138-6965-462f-b3c7-715aaa040056
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Turnix maculosa melanota
    Coordinates -12.83,143.35

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Lloyd Bay
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Coen-Yambo Inlier
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Coen-Yambo Inlier
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 LOCKHART RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Lockhart River
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Lockhart River
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cape York
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Cape York Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Leichhardt
    Electorates March 2025 Leichhardt
    Local Government Areas 2011 Lockhart River (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Lockhart River
    Local Government Areas 2023 Lockhart River
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LOCKHART RIVER ABORIGINAL SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 220
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 629
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LOCKHART RIVER
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LOCKHART RIVER
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Cook
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Cape York
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Postal Areas 2021 4892
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Cape York
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Far North
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Mangrove
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mangroves
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mangroves
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Mangroves,tidal mudflats,samphires and bare areas,claypan,sand,rock,salt lakes,lagoons,lakes
    Vegetation types - present Mangroves

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2897.0 frequency
    Species Richness 719.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1924.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 103.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 94.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 778.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 100.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1150.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.57
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1835.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 99.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 18.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 64.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 91.440704 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 637.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 359.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1066.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.966667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 12.900002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 19.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.7666664 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.916666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 60.20671 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 174.33424
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.783333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.433334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 63.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.63
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 3.0 m