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Occurrence record: GeneticSamples:G55350

Material Sample of Ptilotula penicillata (Gould, 1837) | White-plumed Honeyeater recorded on 2025-09-08
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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 "GeneticSamples"
Catalog number G55350
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:GeneticSamples:G55350
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations heart, muscle
Sex male
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Relationship of resource sample from
Collection http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Dataset name / Survey name [2025 Central Australia]
Disposition in collection
Dataset ID [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:209]

Event

Dataset name / Survey name 2025 Central Australia  
Occurrence date 2025-09-08
Verbatim event date 8-Sep-25
End day of year 251
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 251

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ptilotula penicillata
Identified to rank species
Common name White-plumed Honeyeater
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Meliphagidae
Genus Ptilotula
Species Ptilotula penicillata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gould, 1837)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Bulloo Downs', Kooliatto Waterhole, approximately 31 km northeast of Bulloo Downs Homestead
Habitat Riparian edge with large coolibah and open plain next to river
Latitude -28.3092
Supplied as: "-28.3092"
Longitude 143.1533
Supplied as: "143.1533"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Elevation 106
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS WGS84

Additional properties

loan conditions approval from ANWC Director
permit type not applicable
preparation materials none
preservation temperature -80 degrees Celsius
preservation type tube
verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 6636fbe9-dd3b-4ef8-8cf6-861a8fd9bd69
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -28.3092,143.1533
    Related records
    Record UUID cdd4cd81-1075-4f63-80f5-30db4612f66d
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -28.3092,143.1533

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Channel Country
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Bulloo
    NRM Regions 2010 South West Queensland
    NRM Regions 2017 South West Queensland
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South West Queensland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South West Queensland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Channel Country
    IBRA 7 Regions Channel Country
    IBRA 7 Subregions Bulloo
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 COOPER CREEK-BULLOO RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Bulloo - Quilpie - Barcoo
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Kullilli People and Ergon Energy ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Bulloo - Quilpie - Barcoo
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Toowoomba - Roma
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Southern and Western Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Maranoa
    Electorates March 2025 Maranoa
    Local Government Areas 2011 Bulloo (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Bulloo
    Local Government Areas 2023 Bulloo
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BULLOO SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 199
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MARANOA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BULLOO - QUILPIE - BARCOO
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BULLOO - QUILPIE - BARCOO
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOOWOOMBA - ROMA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WARREGO
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Warrego
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Far South West
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Postal Areas 2021 4492
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Far South West
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Outback - South
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Outback Queensland
    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 Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open woodlands with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 90.0 frequency
    Species Richness 50.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 247.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 49.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 82.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 84.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 29.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 32.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.42 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.19
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 257.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 56.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 13.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 36.31379 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 95.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 95.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 21.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 31.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 13.433333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 13.566667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.466667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 43.482906 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 648.79724
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 37.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.466667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 29.466667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 44.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.18
    Elevation 101.0 m