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Occurrence record: Ornithology:QVM:1979:2:0515

Preserved specimen of Aegotheles (Aegotheles) cristatus (Shaw, 1790) | Australian Owlet-nightjar recorded on 1979-06-28
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Birds
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number QVM:1979:2:0515
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skin
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1979-06-28
Supplied as year:1979  month:6.0  day:28.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Aegotheles (Aegotheles) cristatus
Supplied scientific name "Aegotheles cristatus"
Identified to rank species
Common name Australian Owlet-nightjar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Apodiformes
Supplied as "Caprimulgiformes"
Family Aegothelidae
Genus Aegotheles
Species Aegotheles cristatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1790)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Cambridge (SE Tas)
Latitude -42.83332
Supplied as: "-42.83332"
Longitude 147.43333
Supplied as: "147.43333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Breakneck Hill
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Breakneck Hill
    NRM Regions 2010 Sydney Metro
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SYDNEY COAST-GEORGES RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Clarence (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Clarence
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 UNINCORPORATED
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 29
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 6437
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAMBRIDGE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART - NORTH EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WENTWORTH
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CLARENCE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1245.6666 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 276.66666 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 14.666667 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 232.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.333334 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 338.66666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 33.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 399.66666 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.233334 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.733334 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.6666665 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46666667 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.22
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.6375 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.82666665
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 154.0 m