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Occurrence record: AVIF:A8901

Preserved specimen of Aegotheles (Aegotheles) cristatus (Shaw, 1790) | Australian Owlet-nightjar
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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 A8901
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:AVIF:8901
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector 1.  Douglas   2.  , A.M.   3.  Mees   4.  , G.F.  
Supplied as "Douglas,A.M. & Mees,G.F."
Sex Female
Individual count 1
Life stage Adult
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition Missing

Event

Verbatim event date 1960-05-30
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Aegotheles (Aegotheles) cristatus
Identified to rank species
Common name Australian Owlet-nightjar
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Apodiformes
Family Aegothelidae
Genus Aegotheles
Species Aegotheles cristatus
Name match metric higherMatch
Infraspecific epithet leucogaster
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1790)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Leanwarringah Well,between Broome & Derby
Latitude -17.316944
Supplied as: "-17.316944"
Longitude 123.632778
Supplied as: "123.632778"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality Derby
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17°19`1"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 123°37`58"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 Dampierland
    IBRA 7 Regions Dampierland
    IBRA 7 Subregions Fitzroy Trough
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FITZROY RIVER (WA)
    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
    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) 341
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1573
    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) DERBY - MOWANJUM
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DERBY
    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
    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 Acacia Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other Acacia tall open shrublands and shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan
    Vegetation types - present Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflats

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 20283.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1612.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 764.0 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) 138.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 293.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 614.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 15.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 28.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 26.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.04
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 28.125 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.31
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.92
    Elevation 8.0 m