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Occurrence record: AVIF:A39341

Preserved specimen of Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Jardine & Selby, 1827) | Hoary-headed Grebe
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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 A39341
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:AVIF:39341
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg; Dry
Collector Carnaby, I.C.  
Supplied as "Carnaby, I.C."
Individual count 5
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Verbatim event date 1963-08-11
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Identified to rank species
Common name Hoary-headed Grebe
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Podicipediformes
Family Podicipedidae
Genus Poliocephalus
Species Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Jardine & Selby, 1827)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Waraminga Lake [sic Lake Wownaminya], near Yalgoo
Latitude -28.45
Supplied as: "-28.45"
Longitude 116.833333
Supplied as: "116.833333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality Wownaminya
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 28°27`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 116°50`00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Yalgoo
    IBRA 7 Regions Yalgoo
    IBRA 7 Subregions Tallering
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MOORE-HILL RIVERS
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Gascoyne/Murchison
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Yalgoo (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Yalgoo
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF YALGOO
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 12
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 274
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) MEEKATHARRA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MID WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CARNEGIE SOUTH - MOUNT MAGNET
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CARNEGIE SOUTH EXC. MOUNT MAGNET
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) GERALDTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mallee Open Woodlands and Sparse Mallee Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Open mallee woodlands and sparse mallee shrublands with a dense shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Mallee woodlands and shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 261.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 94.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 60.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 102.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 31.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 31.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.895834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.15
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.36
    Elevation 318.0 m