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Record details

BirdPix:   47811
Province:   Central Province
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   2025AC
Observer:   du Plessis D; Greg Hartman
Date of record:   2017-12-24
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Makgadikgadi Salt Pans (grassy pan). Was getting very aggressive with other birds and not letting them feed anywhere near his area. Flaring up and fighting off a few sandpipers.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   230
Species name:   Rostratula benghalensis
Common name:   Greater Painted-snipe -- Goudsnip
Family:   Rostratulidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Greater Painted Snipe
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-47811
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 47811 - photo: 1
VM-number: 47811 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2017-12-29 10:54:49
Species name:   Rostratula benghalensis -- Greater Painted-snipe; Goudsnip
Species code:   230

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