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Occurrence record: Birds:O17891

Preserved specimen of Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820 | Australasian Purple Swamphen recorded on 1980-06-11
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Birds
Supplied collection code "Birds"
Catalog number O17891
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Birds:O17891
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 1980-06-11
Verbatim event date 11 Jun 1980
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus
Supplied scientific name "Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Australasian Purple Swamphen
Supplied common name "Purple Swamphen"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Gruiformes
Family Rallidae
Genus Porphyrio
Species Porphyrio porphyrio
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet melanotus
Scientific name authorship Temminck, 1820
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Booby Is
Latitude -10.6
Supplied as: "-10.6"
Longitude 141.916667
Supplied as: "141.916667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10° 36' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 141° 55' East

Additional properties

object id VE16137

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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 37d3c7d7-ff19-4993-b08d-44343a912d8b
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Porphyrio melanotus
    Coordinates -10.606841,141.909455
    Related records
    Record UUID 6efc731d-b975-472d-9e25-a50baa4f256c
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
    Coordinates -10.6,141.916667

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Torres Strait Dugong Sanctuary
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Torres Strait Dugong Sanctuary
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Torres Strait
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK