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Record details

BirdPix:   2602
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530AC
Observer:   Kennedy David
Date of record:   2006-11-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Not sure of their current status vis-a-vis SA birds. These swans are free-flying, and come and go as they please, suggesting that they are at least feral.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   884
Species name:   Cygnus olor
Common name:   Mute Swan -- Swaan
Family:   Anatidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-2602
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2602 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Mute Swan
Date:   2014-01-18 08:40:43
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2017-07-18 12:48:36
Species name:   Cygnus olor -- Mute Swan; Swaan
Species code:   884

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