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Record details

BirdPix:   84529
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2832AD
Observer:   Johnstone R
Date of record:   2019-07-14
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   239
Species name:   Charadrius leschenaultii
Common name:   Greater Sand Plover -- Grootstrandkiewiet
Family:   Charadriidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-84529
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 84529 - photo: 1
VM-number: 84529 - photo: 2
VM-number: 84529 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Garth Aiston
Comment:   In the first photo it appears that the bird has a pale collar but the hunched posture make this difficult to confirm.
Date:   2019-07-15 20:54:45
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Long, sturdy bill. Long tibia. Absence of black lores.
Date:   2019-07-19 16:07:14
Species name:   Charadrius leschenaultii -- Greater Sand Plover; Grootstrandkiewiet
Species code:   239

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