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Record details

BirdPix:   52256
Province:   Sofala
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   1834CA
Observer:   Walter Neser
Date of record:   2017-08-24
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2018-10-24 06:36:57
Sp. code:   376
Species name:   Caprimulgus fossii
Common name:   Square-tailed (Mozambique) Nightjar -- Laeveldnaguil
Family:   Caprimulgidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Nightjar
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-52256
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 52256 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Male, with white outer-tail feathers extending to rump and extensive, white markings on the wing.
Date:   2018-04-25 15:06:33
Species name:   Caprimulgus fossii -- Square-tailed (Mozambique) Nightjar; Laeveldnaguil
Species code:   376

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