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Occurrence record: GeneticSamples:G54877

Material Sample of Ptilotula penicillata (Gould, 1837) | White-plumed Honeyeater recorded on 2025-08-17
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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 G54877
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:GeneticSamples:G54877
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations muscle
Sex male
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
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 ASSOCIATED
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 2025-08-17
Verbatim event date 17-Aug-25
End day of year 229
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 229

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 South Australia
Locality Approximately 20.14 km southwest of Todmorden Homestead, Todmorden Station
Habitat Watercourse lined in eucs and large acacia
Latitude -27.2199
Supplied as: "-27.2199"
Longitude 134.5744
Supplied as: "134.5744"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Elevation 208
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 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 24c92ddc-1302-4c88-a58c-e72bad22d580
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -27.2199,134.5744
    Related records
    Record UUID 69eb122b-f90f-4f4f-9710-39c409a2bdbd
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -27.2199,134.5744
    Record UUID 50020206-0c03-4134-8a29-12deb8f360ea
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -27.2199,134.5744
    Record UUID f3c5601b-06fd-4c82-aed6-628c4be79ed7
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -27.2199,134.5744
    Record UUID cb2952de-ebd3-4cab-b7cc-ce39e2228d32
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -27.2199,134.5744
    Record UUID a592cb9f-7689-4d82-9e1c-1bfca15606d2
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -27.2199,134.5744
    Record UUID 45077d46-27f8-4aa5-a68f-6748381c5800
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -27.2199,134.5744
    Record UUID b4a56204-d670-4071-a0f1-4c3333e6a418
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -27.2199,134.5744

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tiwi Cobourg
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Cobourg
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tiwi Cobourg
    IBRA 7 Regions Tiwi Cobourg
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cobourg
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST ALLIGATOR RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 North-West Arnhem
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Marla Township ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Cobourg Peninsula - Demed Homelands
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Jabiru - Tiwi
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Electorates March 2025 Lingiari
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Todmorden Pastoral ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Arnhem (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Arnhem
    Local Government Areas 2023 West Arnhem
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST ARNHEM REGION
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Yankunytjatjara/Antakirinja
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1746
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1963
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NORTH-WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) COBOURG PENINSULA - DEMED HOMELANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Arafura
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 West Arnhem
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Postal Areas 2021 0822
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 West Arnhem
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Litchfield Kakadu Arnhem
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tropical Eucalypt Woodlands/Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical Eucalyptus forest and woodlands with a tall annual grassy understorey
    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

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2361.0 frequency
    Species Richness 793.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1344.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 447.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 77.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 884.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 11.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 12.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.5
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1373.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 7.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 7.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 107.39327 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 350.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 316.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 874.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 12.700001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 20.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 25.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.4666667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 25.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 58.79265 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 146.71144
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 33.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.133333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 61.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.5
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 12.0 m