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Record details

BirdPix:   227586
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3424BB
Observer:   Elstadt C
Date of record:   2022-06-26
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Juvenile birds
Last updated:   2022-07-13 11:54:01
Sp. code:   48
Species name:   Phalacrocorax capensis
Common name:   Cape Cormorant -- Trekduiker
Family:   Phalacrocoracidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   White-breasted Cormorant
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-227586
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 227586 - photo: 1
VM-number: 227586 - photo: 2
VM-number: 227586 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mark Stanton
Comment:   Blue eyes (versus green on White-breasted cormorant), much more orangey-yellow throat patch and all-brown (versus black) back, with no white showing under the throat suggests Cape cormorant.
Date:   2022-07-12 15:50:36
Species name:   Phalacrocorax capensis -- Cape Cormorant; Trekduiker
Species code:   48
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2022-07-13 11:54:01
Species name:   Phalacrocorax capensis -- Cape Cormorant; Trekduiker
Species code:   48

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