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Record details

BirdPix:   46440
Province:   Plateau
Country:   Nigeria
Locus:   NE_009008DD
Observer:   Okafor Chioma; Matthew Harley
Date of record:   2017-11-24
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   912
Species name:   Acrocephalus rufescens
Common name:   Greater Swamp-Warbler -- Rooibruinrietsanger
Family:   Sylviidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Garden warbler?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-46440
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 46440 - photo: 1
VM-number: 46440 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Long, heavy bill. Dark grey legs. Grey-brown upperparts (including cheeks) and tail. Grey breast and white belly. Habitat (reeds).
Date:   2018-02-17 20:00:05
Species name:   Acrocephalus rufescens -- Greater Swamp-Warbler; Rooibruinrietsanger
Species code:   912

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