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Record details

BirdPix:   129482
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2430BD
Observer:   Jessnitz V; Douglas cook
Date of record:   2020-09-09
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   not the stilts
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   270
Species name:   Himantopus himantopus
Common name:   Black-winged Stilt -- Rooipootelsie
Family:   Recurvirostridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   White fronted plover
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-129482
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 129482 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   All white head and black wings? Size and shape more like a sub-adult Stilt.
Date:   2020-11-12 09:17:35
Species name:   Himantopus himantopus -- Black-winged Stilt; Rooipootelsie
Species code:   270

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