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Occurrence record: AVIF:A31951

Preserved specimen of Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae Vieillot, 1823 | Torresian Nankeen Night-heron
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Bird Collection
Supplied collection code "AVIF"
Catalog number A31951
Other catalog numbers ["4483-4486"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:AVIF:31951
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Eggs
Collector Conigrave, C.P.  
Supplied as "Conigrave,C.P."
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Life stage Egg
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Verbatim event date 1901-11-01
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Torresian 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
Infraspecific epithet australasiae
Scientific name authorship Vieillot, 1823
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Safety Bay
Latitude -32.3
Supplied as: "-32.3"
Longitude 115.7
Supplied as: "115.7"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality Safety Bay
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32°18`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°42`00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Shoalwater Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Shoalwater Islands
    NRM Regions 2010 Perth
    NRM Regions 2017 Swan Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Swan Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ROCKINGHAM
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 738.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 390.33334 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 37.666668 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 85.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 36.333332 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 416.33334 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 38.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.966667 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.966667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.766666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.433333 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.933332 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.24
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.733334 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.233334 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.283333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 0.0 m