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Occurrence record: Eggs:E19218

Preserved specimen of Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) | Nankeen Night-heron recorded on 1960-10-02
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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 E19218
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Eggs:E19218
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg(s)
Record number N3
Sex Not applicable
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation E19218
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Dataset / Survey name [Ey, A.E.]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:22]

Event

Dataset / Survey name Ey, A.E.  
Occurrence date 1960-10-02
Verbatim event date 02.10.1960
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus
Identified to rank species
Common name Nankeen Night-heron
Supplied common name "Nankeen Night Heron"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Family Ardeidae
Genus Nycticorax
Species Nycticorax caledonicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gmelin, 1789)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Gelmis Swamp, 8 miles north of Bunbury
Latitude -33.1722
Supplied as: "-33.1722"
Longitude 115.8344
Supplied as: "115.8344"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Gelmis Swamp, 8 miles north of Bunbury
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.000278
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS WGS84

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

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    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 04241ba2-02dc-4869-bf78-0b7da674ed63
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Nycticorax caledonicus
    Coordinates -33.1722,115.8344
    Related records
    Record UUID b67ba163-ef49-418c-bbb6-b51809d29ccb
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Nycticorax caledonicus
    Coordinates -33.1722,115.8344

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Benger Swamp
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Benger Swamp
    Directory of Important Wetlands Benger Swamp
    NRM Regions 2010 South West
    NRM Regions 2017 South West Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South West Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Perth
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 COLLIE-PRESTON RIVERS
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Harvey (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Harvey
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF HARVEY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 589
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) HARVEY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BUNBURY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) BUNBURY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FORREST
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) HARVEY AND SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HARVEY AND SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-WESTERN WA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOUTH WEST REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    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 shrubby 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) 885.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 448.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 80.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 475.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.36
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.591667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.58
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 15.0 m