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Record details

BirdPix:   64167
Province:   other
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528AD
Observer:   Finn Kyle
Date of record:   2018-11-11
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Small plain brown-gray bird landed on top of bush at 12h39. Pale white-gray belly, uniform color on top, no streaking on head. Lacked tail, but did not appear to be a crombec, sat more upright. Larger, appears like a flycatcher or maybe one of the uniformly brown warbler-types.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   636
Species name:   Cisticola brachypterus
Common name:   Short-winged (Siffling) Cisticola -- Kortvlerktinktinkie
Family:   Cisticolidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Flycatcher sp.
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-64167
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 64167 - photo: 1
VM-number: 64167 - photo: 2
VM-number: 64167 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Brown cap. Plain face with buff lores. Buffy-yellow wash on the underparts. Wing lacks rufous pannel.
Date:   2018-11-16 19:24:18
Species name:   Cisticola brachypterus -- Short-winged (Siffling) Cisticola; Kortvlerktinktinkie
Species code:   636

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