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Occurrence record: Eggs:E13476

Preserved specimen of Casuarius casuarius (Linnaeus, 1758) | Southern Cassowary
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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 "Eggs"
Catalog number E13476
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Eggs:E13476
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg(s)
Record number AC
Sex Not applicable
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation E13476
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset / Survey name [Kershaw, J.]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:10]

Event

Dataset / Survey name Kershaw, J.  
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Casuarius casuarius
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Cassowary
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Struthioniformes
Family Casuariidae
Genus Casuarius
Species Casuarius casuarius
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality TULLY DISTRICT; CO ORDINATES APPROXIMATE
Latitude -17.9333
Supplied as: "-17.9333"
Longitude 145.9333
Supplied as: "145.9333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality TULLY DISTRICT
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks latitude and longitude approximate
Coordinate precision 0.01667
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume AGD66 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty latitude and longitude approximate

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    Test name Result
    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Tully
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TULLY-MURRAY RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cassowary Coast (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cardwell
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CASSOWARY COAST REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 74
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 768
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TULLY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) INNISFAIL - CASSOWARY COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TULLY - CARDWELL - JUMBUN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TULLY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HILL
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2997.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 261.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 211.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 77.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1308.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 157.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1601.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.96
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.779167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.89
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 16.0 m