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Record details

BirdPix:   59152
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2931CC
Observer:   Rimmer Dave
Date of record:   2017-06-25
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   ID provided by Niall Perrins after the pelagic trip via email - "The bill broadens towards the base, and the super doesn't flare as much"
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   22
Species name:   Pachyptila desolata
Common name:   Antarctic Prion -- Antarktiese Walvisvoel
Family:   Procellariidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Antarctic Prion
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-59152
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 59152 - photo: 1
VM-number: 59152 - photo: 2
VM-number: 59152 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2018-08-25 20:44:07
Species name:   Pachyptila desolata -- Antarctic Prion; Antarktiese Walvisvoel
Species code:   22

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