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Record details

BirdPix:   30306
Province:   other
Country:   Kenya
Locus:   0339BD
Observer:   Jackson Colin
Date of record:   2009-05-10
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Mixed roosting flock with Terek Sandpipers, Curlew Sandpipers, Lesser Sand Plover and a few Sanderling. c.f these species for more photos of same flock
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   251
Species name:   Calidris ferruginea
Common name:   Curlew Sandpiper -- Krombekstrandloper
Family:   Scolopacidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Greater Sand Plover
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-30306
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 30306 - photo: 1
VM-number: 30306 - photo: 2
VM-number: 30306 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   E.g. photo three, centre, just where the green leaves end against the sand
Date:   2017-09-04 19:40:00
Species name:   Calidris ferruginea -- Curlew Sandpiper; Krombekstrandloper
Species code:   251

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