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Record details

BirdPix:   65937
Province:   North West
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2626AA
Observer:   Lavery K
Date of record:   2016-02-08
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Bird on Left Side (see #65585)
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   59
Species name:   Egretta garzetta
Common name:   Little Egret -- Kleinwitreier
Family:   Ardeidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Great Egret
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-65937
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 65937 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Little Egret (plume, long bill in relation to head size, no gape visible extending to beyond eye). Red-billed Teal and White-faced Duck to Right
Date:   2018-11-26 13:35:23
Species name:   Egretta garzetta -- Little Egret; Kleinwitreier
Species code:   59

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