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Record details

BirdPix:   58373
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3322BB
Observer:   Jordaan J
Date of record:   2018-08-11
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   This bird was observed for about 30 minutes. The bird was returning to the same bush every 30 to 120 seconds. I suspect it was building a nest or tending to a nest just behind the bush on the ground.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   571
Species name:   Cercomela tractrac
Common name:   Tractrac Chat -- Woestynspekvreter
Family:   Muscicapidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Tractrac Chat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-58373
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 58373 - photo: 1
VM-number: 58373 - photo: 2
VM-number: 58373 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:  
Date:   2018-08-22 07:51:03
Species name:   Cercomela tractrac -- Tractrac Chat; Woestynspekvreter
Species code:   571

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