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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B28004

Preserved specimen of Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820 | Australasian Purple Swamphen recorded on 1938-11-13
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number B28004
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:31362"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg clutch
Collector , A.F.C. Lashmar  
Supplied as "Lashmar A.F.C."
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:16057
Occurrence date 1938-11-13
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus
Supplied scientific name "Porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Australasian Purple Swamphen
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Gruiformes
Family Rallidae
Genus Porphyrio
Species Porphyrio porphyrio
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet melanotus
Subspecies Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus
Scientific name authorship Temminck, 1820
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.8
Supplied as: "-35.8000"
Longitude 138.0667
Supplied as: "138.0667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Lashmars Lagoon | Antechamber Bay
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 48 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138 04 00 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Encounter
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Lashmar
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Encounter
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Lashmar
    NRM Regions 2010 Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Kangaroo Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Kangaroo Island
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Subregions Kangaroo Island
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KANGAROO ISLAND
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Kangaroo Island (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kangaroo Island
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KANGAROO ISLAND COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 28
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 717
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MAYO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FINNISS
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    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 Melaleuca
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Melaleuca Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Melaleuca open forests and woodlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 531.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 234.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 49.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 57.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 49.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 238.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.93
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.758333 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.49
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.96
    Elevation 22.0 m