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Occurrence record: GeneticSamples:G27930

Material Sample of Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) | Nankeen Night-heron recorded on 2004-10-09
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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 "GeneticSamples"
Catalog number G27930
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:GeneticSamples:G27930
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations liver
Sex female
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
Associated occurrences ANWC:Birds:B50832
License CC-BY
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Relationship of resource sample of
Material sample ID catalogNumber=G27930&collectionCode=GeneticSamples&institutionCode=ANWC
Collection http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Dataset / Survey name [2004 Northern Western Australia and Northern Territory September and October]
Disposition in collection
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:71]

Event

Dataset / Survey name 2004 Northern Western Australia and Northern Territory September and October  
Occurrence date 2004-10-09
Verbatim event date 09OCT2004
End day of year 283
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 283

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 Western Australia
Locality MAY RIVER NEAR MEDA STATION HOMESTEAD, E OF DERBY
Habitat
Supplied as "RIVERINE WOODLAND"
Latitude -17.37
Supplied as: "-17.37"
Longitude 124.0264
Supplied as: "124.0264"
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
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume WGS84 for Australia

Additional properties

loan conditions approval from ANWC Director
material sample type tissue
permit status false
permit status qualifier pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)
permit type not applicable
preparation materials none
preservation temperature -80 degrees Celsius
preservation type tube
verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

User flagged issues 

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    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 29c057f5-b814-4ec5-9ca2-0978c70c828d
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Nycticorax caledonicus
    Coordinates -17.37,124.0264
    Related records
    Record UUID 9582f199-2a94-4fa2-84cf-0b16dcd57511
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Nycticorax caledonicus
    Coordinates -17.37,124.0264
    Record UUID 56658023-ed65-4fe3-a7ac-334c4b4e0980
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Nycticorax caledonicus
    Coordinates -17.37,124.0264
    Record UUID f6992a49-6d3a-42c2-822b-fcea6219bb20
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Nycticorax caledonicus
    Coordinates -17.37,124.0264
    Record UUID e8d84ec9-1c11-4639-be1b-4adbb6715953
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Nycticorax caledonicus
    Coordinates -17.37,124.0264
    Record UUID ec2f5031-3e1b-4b10-9b47-17d53d5b4697
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Nycticorax caledonicus
    Coordinates -17.37,124.0264

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Dampierland
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Fitzroy Trough
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Dampierland
    IBRA 7 Regions Dampierland
    IBRA 7 Subregions Fitzroy Trough
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 LENNARD RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Outer Derby - West Kimberley
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Outer Derby - West Kimberley
    Indigenous Regions 2021 West Kimberley
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Kimberley
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Durack
    Electorates March 2025 Durack
    Local Government Areas 2011 Derby-West Kimberley (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Derby-West Kimberley
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF DERBY-WEST KIMBERLEY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 555
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1162
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DERBY - WEST KIMBERLEY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KIMBERLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) OUTER DERBY - WEST KIMBERLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) OUTER DERBY - WEST KIMBERLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) WEST KIMBERLEY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KIMBERLEY, MP
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Derby - West Kimberley
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Derby-West Kimberley
    Postal Areas 2021 6728
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Derby - West Kimberley
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Kimberley
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (North)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's North West
    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 Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tussock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 838.0 frequency
    Species Richness 235.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 748.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 136.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 252.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 592.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 15.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 28.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 26.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.56 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.07
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 709.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 15.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 7.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 134.33176 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 324.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 228.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 548.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 28.0625 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 24.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 14.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 13.791667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.916666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 57.46528 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 319.21152
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 38.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 31.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 30.05 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.29
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.88
    Elevation 10.0 m