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Record details

BirdPix:   62996
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3217DB
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2018-10-14
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Species uncertain. Scavenging fish scraps from feeding seal
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   287
Species name:   Larus dominicanus (incl vetula)
Common name:   Kelp Gull -- Swartugmeeu
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Juvenile Gull (dark-coloured)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-62996
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 62996 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Juvenile, possible second year bird, with broken tail band (central tail feathers turning white) and pale bill with black tip.
Date:   2018-10-30 18:56:00
Species name:   Larus dominicanus (incl vetula) -- Kelp Gull; Swartugmeeu
Species code:   287

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