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Occurrence record: AVIF:A1480

Preserved specimen of Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae Vieillot, 1823 | Torresian Nankeen Night-heron
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Bird Collection
Supplied collection code "AVIF"
Catalog number A1480
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:AVIF:1480
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Standen  
Supplied as "Standen"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition DISPOSED

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Torresian Nankeen Night-heron
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Supplied as "Pelecaniformes"
Family Ardeidae
Genus Nycticorax
Species Nycticorax caledonicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet australasiae
Scientific name authorship Vieillot, 1823
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Cottesloe ;
Latitude -32.0
Supplied as: "-32"
Longitude 115.75
Supplied as: "115.75"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality Cottesloe
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32°0`0"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°45`0"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Cottesloe Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Cottesloe Reef
    NRM Regions 2010 Perth
    NRM Regions 2017 Swan Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Swan Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.4375 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %