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Occurrence record: Ornithology:O.10603

Preserved specimen of Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820 | Australasian Purple Swamphen recorded on 1886
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number O.10603
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:3011575","urn:catalog:AM:Ornithology:O.10603"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ornithology:O.10603
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Cairn, E.J.  
Supplied as "CAIRN, E. J."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:3018653
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1886, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1886"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus
Supplied scientific name "Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Australasian Purple Swamphen
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Gruiformes
Family Rallidae
Genus Porphyrio
Species Porphyrio porphyrio
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Scientific name authorship Temminck, 1820
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.466
Supplied as: "-33.466"
Longitude 144.983
Supplied as: "144.983"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Yandembah Station, Nr Hillston, Lachlan District
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Yandembah Station, Nr Hillston, Lachlan District (33° 28' S, 144° 59' E) 1886 - 1886, Cairn, E J(Collector), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 28' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 59' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/10/22
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Subregions St Vincent
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TORRENS RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Torrens (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Torrens - West
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF WEST TORRENS
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Western
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 34
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 815
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER ADELAIDE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FULHAM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST TORRENS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) ADELAIDE - WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HINDMARSH
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) HOLDFAST BAY - WEST TORRENS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WEST TORRENS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone - Tri State FFEZ
    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 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 474.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 191.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 192.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 42.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.38
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.4875 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.42
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.86
    Elevation 5.0 m