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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B36119

Preserved specimen of Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1801) | Black Swan recorded on 2025-08-23
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number B36119
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:B36119
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|frozen
Collector Zoos Victoria - Melbourne Zoo
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Life stage Subadult
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Occurrence date 2025-08-23
Supplied date "2025-08-23T00:00:00\2025-08-23T00:00:00"
End day of year 235
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 235

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Neornithes | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Anserinae
Scientific name Cygnus atratus
Identified to rank species
Common name Black Swan
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Anseriformes
Family Anatidae
Genus Cygnus
Species Cygnus atratus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Latham, 1801)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality The Strand
Latitude -37.853
Supplied as: "-37.853"
Longitude 144.9
Supplied as: "144.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality The Strand
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Earth
Georeference protocol Estimation
Municipality Williamstown
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2025-08-27T00:00
Supplied as 2025-08-27T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7.1 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WERRIBEE RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Wyndham - Altona
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Altona
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Melbourne
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Gellibrand
    Electorates March 2025 Gellibrand
    Local Government Areas 2011 Hobsons Bay (C)
    Local Government Areas 2023 Hobsons Bay
    Local Government Areas 2025 Hobsons Bay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HOBSONS BAY CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2218
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WILLIAMSTOWN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBSONS BAY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GELLIBRAND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WYNDHAM - ALTONA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ALTONA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN METROPOLITAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Williamstown (Western Metropolitan)
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Williamstown
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Melbourne
    Postal Areas 2021 3016
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 1 21302134608
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Williamstown
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Hobsons Bay
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Melbourne - West
    Tourism Regions 2021 Melbourne
    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
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 144111.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2908.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 586.8333 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 141.66667 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 120.333336 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 125.333336 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 174.66667 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.133333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.216666 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.533334 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.166668 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.2716666
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.633333 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.533333 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.466666 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.5416667
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.8383333