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Record details

BirdPix:   25103
Province:   other
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1634BB
Observer:   Brown Gary; Colin Tilbury, Krystal Tolley
Date of record:   2016-03-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   136
Species name:   Aquila pomarina
Common name:   Lesser Spotted Eagle -- Gevlekte Arend
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Black kite
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-25103
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 25103 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   It looks like a Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina) to me, but it could well be one of the other large brown eagles
Date:   2016-03-30 08:22:50
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Agree. Secondaries making an angle with the body. Wings broadening towards primaries. Weak bill. Tail with broad fan.
Date:   2017-10-17 11:46:32
Species name:   Aquila pomarina -- Lesser Spotted Eagle; Gevlekte Arend
Species code:   136

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