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Occurrence record: Ornithology:O.16730

Preserved specimen of Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae Vieillot, 1823 | Torresian Nankeen Night-heron recorded on 1911-01-21
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Dataset

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.16730
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:3018382,urn:catalog:AM:Ornithology:O.16730"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector A.F. Hull
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 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:3032518
Occurrence date 1911-01-21
Supplied date "1911-01-21/1911-01-21"
End day of year 21
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 21

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae
Supplied scientific name "Nycticorax caledonicus hilli"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Torresian Nankeen Night-heron
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Supplied as "Pelecaniformes"
Family Ardeidae
Genus Nycticorax
Species Nycticorax caledonicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Nycticorax caledonicus hilli
Subspecies Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae
Scientific name authorship Vieillot, 1823
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -32.7
Supplied as: "-32.7"
Longitude 152.1
Supplied as: "152.1"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Schnapper Is, Port Stephens
Location remarks Australia, New South Wales, Schnapper Is, Port Stephens (32° 42' S, 152° 06' E) 21/01/1911 - 21/01/1911, Hull, A FB(Collector), Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 42' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 06' " E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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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 83a41380-ddd5-4326-80ec-110db8bda5f0
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Nycticorax caledonicus hilli
    Coordinates -32.7,152.1
    Related records
    Record UUID 9750e157-4f90-4f0d-9aa8-2f114429ca05
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Nycticorax caledonicus hilli
    Coordinates -32.7,152.1
    Record UUID e2886b28-9125-4474-87eb-8bbfd87e8eb2
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Nycticorax caledonicus hilli
    Coordinates -32.7,152.1
    Record UUID 8a4e04e1-7543-4b1c-874b-dbf96a934880
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Nycticorax caledonicus hilli
    Coordinates -32.7,152.1

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Port Stephens - Great Lakes
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Port Stephens - Great Lakes
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Port Stephens - Great Lakes
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Port Stephens - Great Lakes
    Directory of Important Wetlands Port Stephens Estuary
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Manning Shelf
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Central Eastern Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Hunter
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Hunter
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Hunter
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Manning Shelf
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Paterson
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PORT STEPHENS COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Hunter
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PATERSON
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 51550.0 frequency
    Species Richness 3996.0 frequency