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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B9440

Preserved specimen of Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820 | Australasian Purple Swamphen recorded on 1878-11-20
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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 B9440
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:B9440
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin|Dry
Collector Stafford, C.J.  
Supplied as "C J. Stafford"
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
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 ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 1878-11-20
Supplied date "1878-11-20T00:00:00\1878-11-20T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Gruiformes | Rallidae
Scientific name Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus
Supplied scientific name "Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Australasian Purple Swamphen
Supplied common name "Purple Swamphen"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Gruiformes
Family Rallidae
Genus Porphyrio
Species Porphyrio porphyrio
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet melanotus
Subspecies Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus
Scientific name authorship Temminck, 1820
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Gippsland, Tambo River
Latitude -37.38
Supplied as: "-37.38"
Longitude 147.77
Supplied as: "147.77"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Gippsland, Tambo River
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol Approximation
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 133ec964-a9b2-4ad8-92da-ad182ae674a3
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
    Coordinates -37.38,147.77
    Related records
    Record UUID 2ec62b2d-3add-45a7-859b-a9e9a75f9726
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
    Coordinates -37.38,147.77
    Record UUID 494b6bfb-76bb-4735-88b6-f10eb79faeea
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
    Coordinates -37.38,147.77
    Record UUID d35c55ec-e38f-46c6-a620-01d9a3049544
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
    Coordinates -37.38,147.77

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 East Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 East Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 East Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Corner
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Corner
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East Coastal Ranges
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MITCHELL-THOMSON RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 East Gippsland (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated E. Gippsland Bal
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 20
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1929
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BRUTHEN - OMEO
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GIPPSLAND - EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) LATROBE - GIPPSLAND
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GIPPSLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GIPPSLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) EAST GIPPSLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) EASTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    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 open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 694.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 159.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 151.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 173.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 209.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 41.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.41
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.229167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.7
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.95
    Elevation 400.0 m