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Occurrence record: Ornithology:BE7663

Preserved specimen of Gallinula (Gallinula) tenebrosa tenebrosa Gould, 1846 | Australian Dusky Moorhen
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number BE7663
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:BE7663
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg|Dry
Collector UNKNOWN OR ANONYMOUS  
Supplied as "Unknown"
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1930, Month: 12, Day:
Supplied as year:1930  month:12 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Gruiformes | Rallidae
Scientific name Gallinula (Gallinula) tenebrosa tenebrosa
Supplied scientific name "Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Australian Dusky Moorhen
Supplied common name "Dusky Moorhen"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Gruiformes
Family Rallidae
Genus Gallinula
Species Gallinula tenebrosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet tenebrosa
Scientific name authorship Gould, 1846
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Lake Wendouree, Ballarat
Latitude -37.55
Supplied as: "-37.55"
Longitude 143.83
Supplied as: "143.83"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Lake Wendouree, Ballarat
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Lake Wendouree
    GER Central Victorial Biolinks GER Central Victorial Biolinks
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Corangamite
    NRM Regions 2017 Corangamite
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Corangamite
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HOPKINS RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Ballarat (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Ballarat - Central
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BALLARAT CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 20
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1550
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BALLARAT
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BALLARAT
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) BALLARAT
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BALLARAT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BALLARAT
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BALLARAT
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Other Grasslands, Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Sedgelands, rushs or reeds
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 729.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 227.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 127.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 235.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.46
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.358334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.73
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 460.0 m