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Occurrence record: Ornithology:QVM:1983:2:0219

Preserved specimen of Botaurus poiciloptilus (Wagler, 1827) | Australasian Bittern
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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:1983:2:0219
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skin
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Endangered

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1982, Month: 8, Day:
Supplied as year:1982  month:8.0 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Botaurus poiciloptilus
Identified to rank species
Common name Australasian Bittern
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Supplied as "Ardeiformes"
Family Ardeidae
Genus Botaurus
Species Botaurus poiciloptilus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Wagler, 1827)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Forth
Latitude -41.2
Supplied as: "-41.2"
Longitude 146.25
Supplied as: "146.25"
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
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian Northern Slopes
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Northern Slopes
    IBRA 7 Subregions Northern Slopes
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FORTH RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Devonport (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Devonport
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DEVONPORT CITY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3079
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TURNERS BEACH - FORTH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DEVONPORT
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL COAST - DEVONPORT
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DEVONPORT
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MERSEY
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 970.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 346.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 146.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 147.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 346.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 51.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.06
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.804167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.77
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 53.0 m