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Record details

BirdPix:   23249
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3125AD
Observer:   Solomon D
Date of record:   2015-12-21
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Very poor photo due to long distance and excessive haze.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   218
Species name:   Neotis ludwigii
Common name:   Ludwig's Bustard -- Ludwigse Pou
Family:   Otididae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Denham's Bustard
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-23249
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 23249 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Looks more like Ludwig's, very little white visible on folded primaries
Date:   2016-01-09 09:40:01
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Agree, dark face (no white eye-brow) and little white in the wing point towards Ludwig's Bustard
Date:   2017-10-25 05:57:30
Species name:   Neotis ludwigii -- Ludwig's Bustard; Ludwigse Pou
Species code:   218

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