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Record details

BirdPix:   1325
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2924AA
Observer:   Gerrans, Colin
Date of record:   2012-12-15
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Pygmy Falcon with a ring on the right leg. There was a Sociable Weaver nest under a thatched lapa adjacent to the fence where the bird was hunting. Whilst there it caught a lizard and proceeded to eat it in close proximity to the nest.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   126
Species name:   Polihierax semitorquatus
Common name:   Pygmy Falcon -- Dwergvalk
Family:   Falconidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Pygmy Falcon
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-1325
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1325 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1325 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:  
Date:   2013-01-13 08:39:37
Species name:   Polihierax semitorquatus -- Pygmy Falcon; Dwergvalk
Species code:   126

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