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Record details

BirdPix:   28229
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2727DA
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2009-04-01
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Central Free State Grassland (short Themeda triandra grassland)
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   278
Species name:   Rhinoptilus africanus
Common name:   Double-banded Courser -- Dubbelbanddrawwertjie
Family:   Glareolidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Double-banded Courser
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-28229
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 28229 - photo: 1
VM-number: 28229 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Appears to be a feather from the back, giving the scaled effect to the upperparts
Date:   2017-09-06 12:00:23
Species name:   Rhinoptilus africanus -- Double-banded Courser; Dubbelbanddrawwertjie
Species code:   278

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