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Occurrence record: Ornithology:O.45852.001

Preserved specimen of Sturnus (Sturnus) vulgaris vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 | European Common Starling
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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.45852.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:3097040,urn:catalog:AM:Ornithology:O.45852.001"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector R.V. Loucks
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:3022856
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sturnus (Sturnus) vulgaris vulgaris
Supplied scientific name "Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name European Common Starling
Supplied common name "Common Starling"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Sturnidae
Genus Sturnus
Species Sturnus vulgaris
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Sturnus (Sturnus) vulgaris vulgaris
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Linnaeus, 1758

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.883335
Supplied as: "-33.883335"
Longitude 150.78334
Supplied as: "150.78334"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Sydney: Kemps Creek
Location remarks Australia, New South Wales, Sydney: Kemps Creek (33° 53' S, 150° 47' E), Loucks, R V(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 53' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 47' " E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Sydney Basin
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Cumberland
    NRM Regions 2010 Hawkesbury-Nepean
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cumberland
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HAWKESBURY RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Liverpool
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Liverpool - West
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Sydney - Wollongong
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    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
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Werriwa
    Electorates March 2025 Werriwa
    Local Government Areas 2011 Liverpool (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Liverpool - West
    Local Government Areas 2023 Liverpool
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 22
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2972
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER SYDNEY
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) AUSTRAL - GREENDALE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BRINGELLY - GREEN VALLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SYDNEY - SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WERRIWA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LIVERPOOL
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LIVERPOOL - WEST
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SYDNEY - WOLLONGONG
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Leppington
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Phylloxera Infection Zone - Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Phylloxera Zone
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Austral - Greendale
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Sydney
    Postal Areas 2021 2178
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 12701150511
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Austral - Greendale
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Bringelly - Green Valley
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Sydney - South West
    Tourism Regions 2021 Sydney
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    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 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 12236.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1274.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 774.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 131.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 118.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 262.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 280.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 34.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 12.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.51
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 22.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 869.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 147.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 41.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 133.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 31.381603 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 279.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 106.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 313.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.879166 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 23.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 11.316667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.941667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 12.316667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.815605 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 423.3173
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 27.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 21.866667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 21.583332 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.55
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.72
    Elevation 51.0 m