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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B36174

Preserved specimen of Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1801) | Australian Magpie recorded on 2025-09-30
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number B36174
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:B36174
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Wildlife Victoria  
Collector Wildlife Victoria
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Life stage Juvenile
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [salvage]
Date identified 2025-09-30
Supplied as 30/09/2025

Event

Occurrence date 2025-09-30
Supplied date "2025-09-30T00:00:00\2025-09-30T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
End day of year 273
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 273

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Passeriformes | Artamidae
Scientific name Gymnorhina tibicen
Supplied scientific name "Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1801)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Australian Magpie
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Artamidae
Genus Gymnorhina
Species Gymnorhina tibicen
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Latham, 1801)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Melton South, Toolern Creek Park
Latitude -37.741
Supplied as: "-37.741"
Longitude 144.581
Supplied as: "144.581"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Melton South, Toolern Creek Park
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Maps
Georeference protocol Estimation
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7.1 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WERRIBEE RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Melton
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Melton
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Melbourne
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Hawke
    Electorates March 2025 Hawke
    Local Government Areas 2011 Melton (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Melton Bal
    Local Government Areas 2023 Melton
    Local Government Areas 2025 Melton
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MELTON CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 10
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1286
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) MELTON SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MELTON - BACCHUS MARSH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GORTON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MELTON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MELTON
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Melton (Western Victoria)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Cobblebank - Strathtulloh
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Melbourne
    Postal Areas 2021 3338
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 1 21304157203
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Cobblebank - Strathtulloh
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Melton - Bacchus Marsh
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Melbourne - West
    Tourism Regions 2021 Melbourne
    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 Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 38310.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1027.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 486.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 109.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 102.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 157.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.36
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 505.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 108.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 32.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 104.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 20.148829 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 112.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 58.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 163.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.6125 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 22.400002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.616667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.091667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.033333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.51637 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 405.41855
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 27.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 19.616667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.95 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.47
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.72
    Elevation 102.0 m