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Record details

BirdPix:   123880
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3317BB
Observer:   Quintana Itxaso
Date of record:   2020-08-04
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   289
Species name:   Larus hartlaubii
Common name:   Hartlaub's Gull -- Hartlaubse Meeu
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-123880
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 123880 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   Some of the flock might be Grey-headed Gull hybrids. The pink coloration on some birds comes from the iron-ore terminal which is maybe 8km away
Date:   2020-08-07 21:00:47
Species name:   Larus hartlaubii -- Hartlaub's Gull; Hartlaubse Meeu
Species code:   289

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