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Record details

BirdPix:   23107
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2330CA
Observer:   Altenroxel Bernardine Alice; Bernard Altenroxel
Date of record:   2015-12-31
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2024-09-05 11:17:55
Sp. code:   208
Species name:   Porphyrio madagascariensis
Common name:   African Purple (Purple) Swamphen (Gallinule) -- Grootkoningriethaan
Family:   Rallidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Moorhen?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-23107
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 23107 - photo: 1
VM-number: 23107 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   Juvenile
Date:   2016-01-01 05:52:49
Species name:   Porphyrio madagascariensis -- African Purple (Purple) Swamphen (Gallinule); Grootkoningriethaan
Species code:   208
Comment number:   2
By:   Ryan Matthew Tippett
Comment:  
Date:   2024-09-04 16:07:06
Species name:   Gallinula angulata -- Lesser Moorhen; Kleinwaterhoender
Species code:   211
Comment number:   3
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Excellent photo record! Uncommon in the area.
Date:   2024-09-05 11:13:42
Species name:   Gallinula angulata -- Lesser Moorhen; Kleinwaterhoender
Species code:   211

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