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Record details

BirdPix:   49855
Province:  
Country:   Kenya
Locus:   0136BD
Observer:   Cronje Pieter
Date of record:   2017-12-07
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   756
Species name:   Nectarinia [Cinnyris] bifasciata [bifasciatus]
Common name:   Purple-banded Sunbird -- Purperbandsuikerbekkie
Family:   Nectariniidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-49855
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 49855 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Absence of a blue band on the upper breast points toward Purple Sunbird
Date:   2018-02-12 19:52:49
Species name:   Nectarinia [Cinnyris] bifasciata [bifasciatus] -- Purple-banded Sunbird; Purperbandsuikerbekkie
Species code:   756

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