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Record details

BirdPix:   16520
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3218CC
Observer:   du Plessis E.; Linda du Plessis (11044)
Date of record:   2011-10-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   See the two chicks behind the adults. Groups of between 60 and 80 sometimes congregate east and southwest of Velddrif.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   216
Species name:   Anthropoides paradiseus
Common name:   Blue Crane -- Bloukraanvoel
Family:   Gruidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Blue Crane
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-16520
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16520 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:  
Date:   2015-04-01 07:28:01
Species name:   Anthropoides paradiseus -- Blue Crane; Bloukraanvoel
Species code:   216

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