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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B3891

Preserved specimen of Alectura lathami J.E. Gray, 1831 | Australian Brush-turkey recorded on 1884-01-
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number B3891
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:17779"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg clutch
Collector Broadbent, K  
Supplied as "Broadbent, K"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:20346
Occurrence date [date not supplied]
Supplied date "1884-01-"
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Alectura lathami
Supplied scientific name "Alectura lathami J. E. Gray, 1831"
Identified to rank species
Common name Australian Brush-turkey
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Galliformes
Family Megapodiidae
Genus Alectura
Species Alectura lathami
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship J.E. Gray, 1831
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -10.6833
Supplied as: "-10.6833"
Longitude 142.5333
Supplied as: "142.5333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Cape York
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10 41 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142 32 00 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Possession Island
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Possession Island
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cape York-Torres Strait
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Torres
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Heathlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Heathlands
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1731.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 109.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 519.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1118.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.25 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.75 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.62 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.35
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.849998 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.3 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.56
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0