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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B634

Preserved specimen of Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820 | Australasian Purple Swamphen
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number B634
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:B634
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin|Dry
Collector UNKNOWN OR ANONYMOUS  
Supplied as "Unknown"
Sex Male
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Gruiformes | Rallidae
Scientific name Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus
Supplied scientific name "Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Australasian Purple Swamphen
Supplied common name "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
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | New South Wales
Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality Griffith
Latitude -34.28
Supplied as: "-34.28"
Longitude 146.03
Supplied as: "146.03"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Griffith
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Murrumbidgee
    NRM Regions 2017 Riverina
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Riverina
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cobar Peneplain
    IBRA 7 Regions Cobar Peneplain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Lachlan Plains
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Griffith (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Griffith
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GRIFFITH CITY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Riverina
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 12
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1864
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GRIFFITH (NSW)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GRIFFITH - MURRUMBIDGEE (WEST)
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) RIVERINA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FARRER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GRIFFITH - LEETON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GRIFFITH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) RIVERINA - ORANGE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURRAY
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone - Tri State FFEZ
    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 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) 1401.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 106.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 417.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 78.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 896.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 8.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.59 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.71
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.391666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 58.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.51
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 74.0 m