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Occurrence record: Eggs:E12082

Preserved specimen of Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) | White-faced Heron recorded on 1960-09-17
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
Institution code Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Supplied institution code "ANWC"
Collection Australian National Wildlife Collection
Supplied collection code "Eggs"
Catalog number E12082
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Eggs:E12082
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg(s)
Record number 8/A
Sex Not applicable
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation E12082
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset / Survey name [Seton, D.H.C.]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:18]

Event

Dataset / Survey name Seton, D.H.C.  
Occurrence date 1960-09-17
Verbatim event date 17SEP1960
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Egretta novaehollandiae
Identified to rank species
Common name White-faced Heron
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Family Ardeidae
Genus Egretta
Species Egretta novaehollandiae
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Latham, 1790)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality GORGE WEIR, BURDEKIN RIVER, 73 MILES FROM AYR
Habitat
Supplied as "RIVER/WEIR MARGINS"
Latitude -20.475
Supplied as: "-20.475"
Longitude 147.2917
Supplied as: "147.2917"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality GORGE WEIR, BURDEKIN RIVER, 73 MILES FROM AYR
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks latitude and longitude approximate
Coordinate precision 0.00139
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume AGD66 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty latitude and longitude approximate

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Burdekin-Bowen Junction and Blue Valley Weir Aggregation
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Einasleigh Uplands
    IBRA 7 Regions Einasleigh Uplands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Broken River
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BURDEKIN RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Burdekin Pipeline ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Whitsunday (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Bowen
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WHITSUNDAY REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 31
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1047
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) COLLINSVILLE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BOWEN BASIN - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MACKAY - ISAAC - WHITSUNDAY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CAPRICORNIA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BOWEN (QLD)
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BOWEN (QLD)
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BURDEKIN
    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 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 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 661.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 53.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 41.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 80.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 356.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 36.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 364.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.31
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.4625 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.33
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.63
    Elevation 99.0 m