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Occurrence record: Ornithology:O.54515

Preserved specimen of Dendrocygna arcuata australis Reichenbach, 1850 | Torresian Wandering Whistling-duck recorded on 1979-08-09
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number O.54515
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:3060363","urn:catalog:AM:Ornithology:O.54515"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ornithology:O.54515
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector GOWLAND, PETER N.
Sex Male
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:3020020
Occurrence date 1979-08-09
End day of year 221
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 221

Taxonomy

Scientific name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Torresian Wandering Whistling-duck
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Anseriformes
Family Anatidae
Genus Dendrocygna
Species Dendrocygna arcuata
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
Subspecies Dendrocygna arcuata australis
Scientific name authorship Reichenbach, 1850
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -15.766
Supplied as: "-15.766"
Longitude 128.733
Supplied as: "128.733"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality ORD RIVER IRRIGATION AREA: EMU CREEK SWAMP
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Western Australia, ORD RIVER IRRIGATION AREA: EMU CREEK SWAMP (15° 46' S, 128° 44' E) 09/08/1979 - 09/08/1979, GOWLAND, PETER N.(Collector), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 15° 46' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 128° 44' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2013/10/23
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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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 1073eb53-a100-497e-86be-7200dde58b34
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
    Coordinates -15.766,128.733
    Related records
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    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
    Coordinates -15.766,128.733
    Record UUID e4b77490-d664-48c0-8d79-01e12f21a740
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
    Coordinates -15.766,128.733
    Record UUID f9014ce6-cfec-410f-a57e-4322b60744ef
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
    Coordinates -15.766,128.733
    Record UUID 3bd83bb0-5bb0-455a-86e6-d946399e05d0
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
    Coordinates -15.766,128.733
    Record UUID 8590f172-8cff-456d-89eb-fb604cc01e51
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
    Coordinates -15.766,128.733
    Record UUID a6130196-70c5-434c-bfb0-b7ad942e2736
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
    Coordinates -15.766,128.733
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    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
    Coordinates -15.766,128.733
    Record UUID fa4e3cee-d398-453e-a5bc-5cedede15b5a
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
    Coordinates -15.766,128.733
    Record UUID 2e29675e-535f-4b60-9330-0ed67b0403f8
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
    Coordinates -15.766,128.733
    Record UUID c67d74e9-912d-462d-9191-573a4e620667
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrocygna arcuata australis
    Coordinates -15.766,128.733

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Keep
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7 Regions Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7 Subregions Keep
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ORD-PENTECOST RIVERS
    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
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Ord Final Agreement
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wyndham-East Kimberley (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wyndham-East Kimberley
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF WYNDHAM-EAST KIMBERLEY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Miriuwung-Gajerrong (Western Australia)
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 213
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1153
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KUNUNURRA
    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) KUNUNURRA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NULLEYWAH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KUNUNURRA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KIMBERLEY, MP
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Wyndham-East Kimberley
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non 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 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 40817.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2303.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 818.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 264.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 574.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 10.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 28.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.0 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) 31.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 837.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 3.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 0.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 3.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 113.85711 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 239.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 202.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 552.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 28.291666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 24.099998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 15.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.783333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 13.933334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.783333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 57.814667 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 318.5609
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 39.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 31.533333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 30.116667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.32
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.87
    Elevation 45.0 m