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Record details

BirdPix:   34674
Province:  
Country:   Tanzania
Locus:   0234BD
Observer:   Fargher Brian William
Date of record:   2010-08-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   2800
Species name:   Lamprotornis superbus
Common name:   Superb Starling
Family:   Sturnidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-34674
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 34674 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2017-02-15 05:08:45
Species name:   Lamprotornis splendidus -- Splendid Glossy-Starling
Species code:   2798
Comment number:   2
By:   Rene Navarro
Comment:   The white-creamy eye and white band across the chest are diagnostic characters that distinguish Superb from the similar looking Hildebrandt's starling (red eye and no white band).
Date:   2017-02-15 10:37:32
Species name:   Lamprotornis superbus -- Superb Starling
Species code:   2800

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