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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B4001

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 South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number B4001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:50723"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg clutch
Collector Bick, E. W  
Supplied as "Bick, E W"
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:22389
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
Supplied as "Casuariiformes"
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
Latitude -27.4667
Supplied as: "-27.4667"
Longitude 153.0333
Supplied as: "153.0333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Brisbane | Brisbane Botanic Gardens
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 27 28 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153 02 00 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South West
    NRM Regions 2017 Peel-Harvey Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Peel-Harvey Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Jarrah Forest
    IBRA 7 Regions Jarrah Forest
    IBRA 7 Subregions Northern Jarrah Forest
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MURRAY RIVER (WA)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF MURRAY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CANNING
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOUTH WEST REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Multiple Use Forest
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1081.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 562.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 77.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 50.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 567.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 25.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.52
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.758333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.62
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 302.0 m