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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B2944

Preserved specimen of Casuarius casuarius (Linnaeus, 1758) | Southern Cassowary
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number B2944
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:57900"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg clutch
Collector Cornwall, E. M  
Supplied as "Cornwall, E M"
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:21003
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Casuarius casuarius
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Cassowary
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Struthioniformes
Supplied as "Casuariiformes"
Family Casuariidae
Genus Casuarius
Species Casuarius casuarius
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -16.9333
Supplied as: "-16.9333"
Longitude 145.7
Supplied as: "145.7000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Freshwater Creek, Cairns
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16 56 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145 42 00 E

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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
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Macalister
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BARRON RIVER
    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 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cairns - Barron
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CAIRNS REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1202
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 13706
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) REDLYNCH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BARRON
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARRON RIVER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1836.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 94.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 85.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 96.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 993.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1144.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.82
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.520834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.65
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 233.0 m