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Occurrence record: Eggs:E16514

Preserved specimen of Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) | Nankeen Night-heron recorded on 1962-03-06
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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 E16514
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Eggs:E16514
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg(s)
Record number 733
License CC-BY
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Collection http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset / Survey name [A.E. Ey Egg Collection]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:20]

Event

Dataset / Survey name A.E. Ey Egg Collection  
Occurrence date 1962-03-06
Verbatim event date 06.03.1962
End day of year 65
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 65

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
Supplied as "Pelecaniformes"
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 Queensland
Locality Airville environs, ca.12km southwest of Ayr [as Ayr]
Latitude -19.65
Supplied as: "-19.65"
Longitude 147.3406
Supplied as: "147.3406"
Datum EPSG:4326
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.000278
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS WGS84

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

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    Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Townsville Plains
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA 7 Regions Brigalow Belt North
    IBRA 7 Subregions Townsville Plains
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HAUGHTON RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Burdekin - Ayr
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Burdekin
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Townsville - Mackay
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern 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 Dawson
    Electorates March 2025 Dawson
    Local Government Areas 2011 Burdekin (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Burdekin
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BURDEKIN SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 17
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 975
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BURDEKIN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CHARTERS TOWERS - AYR - INGHAM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DAWSON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BURDEKIN - AYR
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BURDEKIN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BURDEKIN
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Burdekin
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Burdekin
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Burdekin
    Postal Areas 2021 4807
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Burdekin
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Townsville
    Tourism Regions 2021 Townsville
    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 Unresolved Tenure
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 473.0 frequency
    Species Richness 210.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 886.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 93.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 515.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 56.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 532.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.11
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1045.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 54.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 16.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 54.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 95.47655 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 639.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 237.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 639.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.816668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 20.099998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 12.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 19.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 10.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 19.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 53.56551 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 330.07114
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.35 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.35 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.46
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.93
    Elevation 14.0 m