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Record details

BirdPix:   28959
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CD
Observer:   Meyer C
Date of record:   2016-08-13
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Pair were actively constructing a nest, high up in the fork of a Bluegum within a copse of these trees. Bordering on a garden.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   157
Species name:   Accipiter ovampensis
Common name:   Ovambo Sparrowhawk -- Ovambosperwer
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-28959
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 28959 - photo: 1
VM-number: 28959 - photo: 2
VM-number: 28959 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:  
Date:   2016-08-17 07:37:24
Species name:   Accipiter ovampensis -- Ovambo Sparrowhawk; Ovambosperwer
Species code:   157

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