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Occurrence record: Birds:O31352

Preserved specimen of Casuarius casuarius johnsonii (southern population) | Southern Cassowary (southern Population) recorded on 1996-02-11
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Birds
Supplied collection code "Birds"
Catalog number O31352
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Birds:O31352
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skeletal parts|Wing(s)
Life stage Female
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes Q12808
Country conservation Endangered
State conservation Endangered
Supplied as E

Event

Occurrence date 1996-02-11
Verbatim event date 11 Feb 1996
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Casuarius casuarius johnsonii (southern population)
Supplied scientific name "Casuarius casuarius johnsonii"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Southern Cassowary (southern Population)
Supplied common name "Southern Cassowary"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Struthioniformes
Supplied as "Casuariiformes"
Family Casuariidae
Genus Casuarius
Species Casuarius casuarius
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet johnsonii
Subspecies Casuarius casuarius johnsonii (southern population)
Scientific name authorship Mueller, 1866
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Mission Beach Road-Wongaling Road
Latitude -17.8819261
Supplied as: "-17.883333"
Longitude 146.1008415
Supplied as: "146.1"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Field notes Q12808
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° 53' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 6' East

Additional properties

object id VE116945

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    Coordinates converted to WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Innisfail
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TULLY-MURRAY RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Djiru Cassowary Coast Regional Council Area ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cassowary Coast (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cardwell
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CASSOWARY COAST REGIONAL
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Djiru People #3
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 74
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 768
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TULLY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) INNISFAIL - CASSOWARY COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TULLY - CARDWELL - JUMBUN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CARDWELL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HILL
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Mangrove
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mangroves
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mangroves

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 3117.8 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 313.6 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.2 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 221.6 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 74.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1339.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 159.8 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1617.6 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.74 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.18 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.02 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.92 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.18 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.02 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.504 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.92800003
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.84 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.32 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.991667 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.902
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 4.0 m