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Record details

BirdPix:   64165
Province:   other
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528AD
Observer:   Finn Kyle
Date of record:   2018-11-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Pair of birds landed on thin grasses at 12h12.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   809
Species name:   Euplectes hordeaceus
Common name:   Black-winged (Fire-crowned) Bishop -- Vuurkopvink
Family:   Ploceidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-64165
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 64165 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Streaked on the breast and flanks. Pale belly. Short tail. Bird on the left shows black primaries and a hint of black in the tail.
Date:   2018-11-16 19:38:49
Species name:   Euplectes hordeaceus -- Black-winged (Fire-crowned) Bishop; Vuurkopvink
Species code:   809

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