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Occurrence record: Eggs:E08519

Preserved specimen of Casuarius casuarius (Linnaeus, 1758) | Southern Cassowary recorded on 1909-08-15
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
Institution code Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Supplied institution code "ANWC"
Collection Australian National Wildlife Collection
Supplied collection code "Eggs"
Catalog number E08519
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Eggs:E08519
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg(s)
Record number 642
Sex Not applicable
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation E08519
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset / Survey name [Ingham and Lane]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:9]

Event

Dataset / Survey name Ingham and Lane  
Occurrence date 1909-08-15
Verbatim event date 15AUG1909
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Casuarius casuarius
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Cassowary
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Struthioniformes
Family Casuariidae
Genus Casuarius
Species Casuarius casuarius
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality HARVEYS CREEK, 15 KM S OF CAIRNS
Latitude -17.0667
Supplied as: "-17.0667"
Longitude 145.8
Supplied as: "145.8"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality HARVEYS CREEK, 15 KM S OF CAIRNS
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks latitude and longitude approximate
Coordinate precision 0.01667
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume AGD66 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty latitude and longitude approximate

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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 MULGRAVE-RUSSELL RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cairns - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CAIRNS REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 390
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GORDONVALE - TRINITY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MULGRAVE
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2440.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 165.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 147.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 88.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1213.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 138.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1423.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.83
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.541666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 13.0 m