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Record details

BirdPix:   71849
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2916BB
Observer:   Newnham Keith
Date of record:   2019-02-03
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Is this a hybrid Karoo / Barlow's Lark?
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   461
Species name:   Calendulauda albescens
Common name:   Karoo Lark (split) -- Karoolewerik
Family:   Alaudidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Karoo Lark (Calendulauda albescens)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-71849
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 71849 - photo: 1
VM-number: 71849 - photo: 2
VM-number: 71849 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Flanks heavily streaked and a streak or two on the vent point towards Karoo Lark. The bill looks slightly longer - with Barlow's Lark in the area hybridisation is highly possible, but I'm leaning towards Karoo.
Date:   2019-02-07 20:36:25
Species name:   Calendulauda albescens -- Karoo Lark (split); Karoolewerik
Species code:   461

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