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Occurrence record: Birds:B62666

Preserved specimen of Lichmera (Lichmera) indistincta (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) | Brown Honeyeater recorded on 2026-04-23
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
Institution code Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Supplied institution code "ANWC"
Collection Australian National Wildlife Collection
Supplied collection code "Birds"
Catalog number B62666
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Birds:B62666
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skin
Sex male
License CC-BY
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Collection http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset name / Survey name [Kununurra 2026]
Dataset ID [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:210]

Event

Dataset name / Survey name Kununurra 2026  
Occurrence date 2026-04-23
Verbatim event date 23/04/2026
End day of year 113
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 113

Taxonomy

Scientific name Lichmera (Lichmera) indistincta
Supplied scientific name "Lichmera indistincta"
Identified to rank species
Common name Brown Honeyeater
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Meliphagidae
Genus Lichmera
Species Lichmera indistincta
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Confluence of Maxwell Creek and Ord River, c.10km SE of Kununurra
Habitat riparian edge
Latitude -15.8676
Supplied as: "-15.8676"
Longitude 128.7622
Supplied as: "128.7622"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Elevation 44
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Keep
    IBRA 7.1 Regions Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions Keep
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    RAMSAR wetland regions Lakes Argyle and Kununurra
    Ramsar Wetlands (updated March 2026) Lakes Argyle and Kununurra
    Ramsar Wetlands of Australia 2024 Lakes Argyle and Kununurra
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7 Regions Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7 Subregions Keep
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ORD-PENTECOST RIVERS
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 North Kimberley
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Ord Final Agreement
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements (updated 24 March 2026) Ord Final Agreement
    Indigenous Locations 2021 North-East Kimberley
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Kununurra
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Kimberley
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Kimberley
    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 Durack
    Electorates March 2025 Durack
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Ord Final Agreement
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wyndham-East Kimberley (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wyndham-East Kimberley
    Local Government Areas 2023 Wyndham-East Kimberley
    Local Government Areas 2025 Wyndham-East Kimberley
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF WYNDHAM-EAST KIMBERLEY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Miriuwung-Gajerrong (Western Australia)
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 108
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 270
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KUNUNURRA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KIMBERLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NORTH KIMBERLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NORTH-EAST KIMBERLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KUNUNURRA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KIMBERLEY, MP
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Kununurra
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Postal Areas 2021 6743
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Kununurra
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Kimberley
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (North)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's North West
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tussock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 8851.0 frequency
    Species Richness 941.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 801.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 257.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 564.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 10.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 28.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.56 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.08
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 811.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 3.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 0.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 3.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 114.5742 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 228.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 199.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 540.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 28.3625 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 23.699999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 15.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.916666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 13.691667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.916666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 57.77075 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 314.01453
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 39.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 31.583334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 30.116667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.31
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.85
    Elevation 51.0 m