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Occurrence record: Ornithology:O.2300

Preserved specimen of Casuarius casuarius johnsonii (southern population) | Southern Cassowary (southern Population)
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number O.2300
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:3025348","urn:catalog:AM:Ornithology:O.2300"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ornithology:O.2300
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Meston, Archd  
Supplied as "MESTON, ARCHD."
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Country conservation Endangered
State conservation Queensland: Endangered
Supplied as E

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:3008211
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Casuarius casuarius johnsonii (southern population)
Supplied scientific name "Casuarius casuarius johnsonii Müller, 1866"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Southern Cassowary (southern Population)
Supplied common name "Southern Cassowary (johnsonii)"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Struthioniformes
Supplied as "Casuariiformes"
Family Casuariidae
Genus Casuarius
Species Casuarius casuarius
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Casuarius casuarius johnsonii Müller, 1866
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Müller, 1866

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -16.916
Supplied as: "-16.916"
Longitude 145.766
Supplied as: "145.766"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Cairns
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Cairns (16° 55' S, 145° 46' E), Meston, Archdeacon(Collector), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16° 55' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 46' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2016/6/21
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2016/6/21
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Innisfail
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MULGRAVE-RUSSELL RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cairns - City
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CAIRNS REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1202
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 13706
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS CITY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAIRNS - CITY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) CAIRNS
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    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 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2049.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 104.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 93.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1075.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 121.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1245.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.8
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.904167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0