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Record details

BirdPix:   22127
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930DC
Observer:   Rimmer D
Date of record:   2015-11-07
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   2 birds busy nest building
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   694
Species name:   Anthus leucophrys
Common name:   Plain-backed Pipit -- Donkerkoester
Family:   Motacillidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Plain-backed Pipit (Anthus leucophrys)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-22127
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 22127 - photo: 1
VM-number: 22127 - photo: 2
VM-number: 22127 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Yellow base to the bill, and weight in the belly, not the breast (as with Buffy Pipit)
Date:   2017-08-17 15:47:31
Species name:   Anthus leucophrys -- Plain-backed Pipit; Donkerkoester
Species code:   694

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