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Record details

BirdPix:   83332
Province:  
Country:   Ethiopia
Locus:   NE_007038DA
Observer:   Booysen M.
Date of record:   2019-02-21
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   933
Species name:   Larus ridibundus
Common name:   Common Black-headed Gull -- Swartkopmeeu
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Black-headed Gull
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-83332
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 83332 - photo: 1
VM-number: 83332 - photo: 2
VM-number: 83332 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Photo 3: wing showing white flash without black spots, and wing tip without extensive black (eliminating Grey-headed Gull juvenile).
Date:   2019-07-17 21:33:38
Species name:   Larus ridibundus -- Common Black-headed Gull; Swartkopmeeu
Species code:   933

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