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Occurrence record: GeneticSamples:G55189

Material Sample of Ptilotula penicillata (Gould, 1837) | White-plumed Honeyeater recorded on 2025-09-02
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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 "GeneticSamples"
Catalog number G55189
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:GeneticSamples:G55189
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations heart
Sex male
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
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Relationship of resource sample from
Collection http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Dataset name / Survey name [2025 Central Australia]
Disposition in collection
Dataset ID [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:209]

Event

Dataset name / Survey name 2025 Central Australia  
Occurrence date 2025-09-02
Verbatim event date 2-Sep-25
End day of year 245
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 245

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ptilotula penicillata
Identified to rank species
Common name White-plumed Honeyeater
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Meliphagidae
Genus Ptilotula
Species Ptilotula penicillata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gould, 1837)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Dynevor Downs', Carly's Waterhole, approximately 10 km west of Dynevor Downs Homestead
Habitat Eucalypts along riparian edge
Latitude -28.1126
Supplied as: "-28.1126"
Longitude 144.2621
Supplied as: "144.2621"
Datum EPSG:4326
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Elevation 133
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS WGS84

Additional properties

loan conditions approval from ANWC Director
permit type not applicable
preparation materials none
preservation temperature -80 degrees Celsius
preservation type tube
verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Show/Hide 25 tests that have not been run

    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 194a4928-9c37-4caf-a2ff-69ad29da60c7
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -28.1126,144.2621
    Related records
    Record UUID d2723e75-fd49-438c-85a7-0360f27c07d6
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -28.1126,144.2621
    Record UUID 956107af-1995-4cf3-9973-e1a1ca9cdf6a
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -28.1126,144.2621
    Record UUID 32fc6901-67dd-4461-8389-0686f366ce4d
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ptilotula penicillata
    Coordinates -28.1126,144.2621

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Mulga Lands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Cuttaburra-Paroo
    NRM Regions 2010 South West Queensland
    NRM Regions 2017 South West Queensland
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South West Queensland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South West Queensland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Mulga Lands
    IBRA 7 Regions Mulga Lands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cuttaburra-Paroo
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Bulloo - Quilpie - Barcoo
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Budjiti People/Dynevor ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Bulloo - Quilpie - Barcoo
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Toowoomba - Roma
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Southern and Western Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Maranoa
    Electorates March 2025 Maranoa
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Yowah & Quilpie Small Scale Opal Mining Indigenous Land Use Agreement Budjiti & Mardigan People
    Local Government Areas 2011 Bulloo (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Bulloo
    Local Government Areas 2023 Bulloo
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BULLOO SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 199
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MARANOA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BULLOO - QUILPIE - BARCOO
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BULLOO - QUILPIE - BARCOO
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOOWOOMBA - ROMA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WARREGO
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Warrego
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Far South West
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Postal Areas 2021 4492
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Far South West
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Outback - South
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Outback Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open woodlands with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Other shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Other shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 244.0 frequency
    Species Richness 112.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 320.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 108.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 114.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 29.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 32.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.42 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.16
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 332.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 50.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 15.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 50.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 40.85292 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 125.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 54.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 128.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 21.741667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 30.100002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 13.533333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 12.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 13.533333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 42.85714 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 637.5943
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 36.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.316668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.516666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 45.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.14
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.23
    Elevation 139.0 m