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Record details

BirdPix:   85497
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2430BD
Observer:   Solomon D
Date of record:   2018-12-15
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   850
Species name:   Vidua purpurascens
Common name:   Purple Indigobird -- Witpootblouvinkie
Family:   Viduidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Purple Indigobird
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-85497
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 85497 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Garth Aiston
Comment:  
Date:   2019-07-26 18:21:50
Species name:   Vidua purpurascens -- Purple Indigobird; Witpootblouvinkie
Species code:   850
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Non-breeding Purple Indigobird and Dusky Indigobird look very similar. I assume the call was used to ID this bird?
Date:   2019-07-27 19:02:14
Species name:   Vidua purpurascens -- Purple Indigobird; Witpootblouvinkie
Species code:   850

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