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Record details

BirdPix:   25817
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2832CC
Observer:   Johnstone Richard Alan
Date of record:   2016-04-15
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   This guy flew over me at the R-Bay sandbank. He wanted to land, but fisherman were pumping cracker prawns - so he headed for Coal Terminal Island
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   75
Species name:   Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Common name:   Saddle-billed Stork -- Saalbekooievaar
Family:   Ciconiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   s-b stork
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-25817
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 25817 - photo: 1
VM-number: 25817 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2016-04-17 06:00:02
Species name:   Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis -- Saddle-billed Stork; Saalbekooievaar
Species code:   75

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