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Record details

BirdPix:   6968
Province:  
Country:   Congo (DRC)
Locus:   0927AC
Observer:   de cauwer richard
Date of record:   2011-11-02
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   in season only - about 4 birds max - also seen about 20 Km upriver in the Lufira Swamps.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   306
Species name:   Rynchops flavirostris
Common name:   African Skimmer -- Waterploeer
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Rynchops flavirostris
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-6968
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 6968 - photo: 1
VM-number: 6968 - photo: 2
VM-number: 6968 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:  
Date:   2014-03-17 08:00:00
Species name:   Rynchops flavirostris -- African Skimmer; Waterploeer
Species code:   306

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