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Record details

BirdPix:   30305
Province:   other
Country:   Kenya
Locus:   0339BD
Observer:   Jackson Colin
Date of record:   2009-05-10
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   mixed roosting flock with mostly Greater Sand Plovers. A regular high tide roost site.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   239
Species name:   Charadrius leschenaultii
Common name:   Greater Sand Plover -- Grootstrandkiewiet
Family:   Charadriidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Terek Sandpiper
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-30305
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 30305 - photo: 1
VM-number: 30305 - photo: 2
VM-number: 30305 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   E.g. photo 1, centre left, with dark band at the end of the tail and feet projecting beyond the tail
Date:   2017-09-04 19:42:21
Species name:   Charadrius leschenaultii -- Greater Sand Plover; Grootstrandkiewiet
Species code:   239

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