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Record details

BirdPix:   116476
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3130AA
Observer:   Steen L.
Date of record:   2020-06-21
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Photo#2: shield much more swollen than other bird of this pair. Maybe a sign of breeding mode, as the chick was very young?
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   210
Species name:   Gallinula chloropus
Common name:   Common Moorhen -- Grootwaterhoender
Family:   Rallidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Common Moorhen
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-116476
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 116476 - photo: 1
VM-number: 116476 - photo: 2
VM-number: 116476 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lance Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2020-06-23 16:48:18
Species name:   Gallinula chloropus -- Common Moorhen; Grootwaterhoender
Species code:   210

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