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Record details

BirdPix:   22689
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3324AA
Observer:   Elstadt Cobus
Date of record:   2015-12-03
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   I would really appreciate a confirmed ID as it is part of relatively remote atlassing site with few observations.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   764
Species name:   Nectarinia [Cinnyris] fusca
Common name:   Dusky Sunbird -- Namakwasuikerbekkie
Family:   Nectariniidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Amethyst Sunbird female
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-22689
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 22689 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2015-12-12 14:23:55
Species name:   Nectarinia [Chalcomitra] amethystina -- Amethyst (Black) Sunbird; Swartsuikerbekkie
Species code:   772
Comment number:   2
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   Jeff Curnick (email 18 Dec 2015)"I have been sent an ORF recently where the observer use the VM to get a birds ID confirmed, unfortunately the bird was incorrectly identified. http://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-22689 The bird in question is claimed to be an Amethyst Sunbird but should be a Dusky Sunbird."
Date:   2015-12-18 14:57:50
Species name:   Nectarinia [Cinnyris] fusca -- Dusky Sunbird; Namakwasuikerbekkie
Species code:   764

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