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Occurrence record: Ornithology:O.64697

Preserved specimen of Dendrocygna arcuata australis Reichenbach, 1850 | Torresian Wandering Whistling-duck recorded on 1993-01-07
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number O.64697
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:3071675","urn:catalog:AM:Ornithology:O.64697"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ornithology:O.64697
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Boles, Dr Walter E. - Australian Museum - Ornithology
Sex Male
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:3011990
Occurrence date 1993-01-07
End day of year 7
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 7

Taxonomy

Scientific name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Torresian Wandering Whistling-duck
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Anseriformes
Family Anatidae
Genus Dendrocygna
Species Dendrocygna arcuata
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
Subspecies Dendrocygna arcuata australis
Scientific name authorship Reichenbach, 1850
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -21.183
Supplied as: "-21.183"
Longitude 148.933
Supplied as: "148.933"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality BETWEEN MIRANI AND ETON, 9KM N OF ETON
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, BETWEEN MIRANI AND ETON, 9KM N OF ETON (21° 11' S, 148° 56' E) 07/01/1993 - 07/01/1993, Boles, Dr Walter E. - Australian Museum - Ornithology(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 21° 11' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 56' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2013/10/23
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Central Mackay Coast
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Proserpine-Sarina Lowlands
    NRM Regions 2010 Mackay Whitsunday
    NRM Regions 2017 Mackay Whitsunday
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Mackay Whitsunday
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Central Mackay Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions Central Mackay Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Proserpine-Sarina Lowlands
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PLANE CREEK
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Mackay (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Mirani
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MACKAY REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 311
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) PIONEER VALLEY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MACKAY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MACKAY - ISAAC - WHITSUNDAY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CAPRICORNIA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MIRANI
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MIRANI
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MIRANI
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Mackay
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 597.0 frequency
    Species Richness 297.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1470.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 125.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 82.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 763.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 94.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 787.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.23
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1661.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 132.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 20.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 84.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 81.16327 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 867.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 359.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 877.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 20.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 10.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 17.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 10.533333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.733334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.88567 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 361.48264
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 31.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 26.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 26.066666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.71
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 39.0 m