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Occurrence record: Birds:B12696

Preserved specimen of Aythya (Nyroca) australis (Eyton, 1838) | Hardhead recorded on 1970-09-10
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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 "Birds"
Catalog number B12696
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Birds:B12696
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skin
Record number WV73
Sex male
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation B12696
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset / Survey name [ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:4]

Event

Dataset / Survey name ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)  
Occurrence date 1970-09-10
Verbatim event date 10SEP1970
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Aythya (Nyroca) australis
Supplied scientific name "Aythya australis"
Identified to rank species
Common name Hardhead
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Anseriformes
Family Anatidae
Genus Aythya
Species Aythya australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Eyton, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality LAKE COWAL, COWAL NORTH; ROCKY POINT
Habitat
Supplied as "DAM"
Latitude -33.6667
Supplied as: "-33.6667"
Longitude 147.45
Supplied as: "147.45"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality LAKE COWAL, COWAL NORTH
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume WGS84 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

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    Test name Result
    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Lake Cowal/Wilbertroy Wetlands
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Highlands-Southern Fall
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 YARRA 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 Whittlesea (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Whittlesea - North
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WHITTLESEA CITY
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Riverina
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 43
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2801
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WHITTLESEA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WHITTLESEA - WALLAN
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - NORTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MCEWEN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NORTHCOTE - PRESTON - WHITTLESEA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WHITTLESEA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) YAN YEAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Tall Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus (+/- tall) open forest with a dense broad-leaved and/or tree-fern understorey (wet sclerophyll)
    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) 1049.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 330.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 179.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 186.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 330.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 6.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.41 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.42
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 6.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.020833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 44.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.82
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 681.0 m