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Record details

BirdPix:   86234
Province:   Segou
Country:   Mali
Locus:   NW_013006CA
Observer:   Stanton Mark
Date of record:   2019-07-31
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   1502
Species name:   Tockus kempi
Common name:   Western Red-billed Hornbill
Family:   Bucerotidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Tockus kempi
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-86234
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 86234 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Garth Aiston
Comment:   Pink facial skin and not black facial skin as in Western Red-billed Hornbill. This is right at the border between their ranges.
Date:   2019-07-31 19:13:24
Species name:   Tockus erythrorhynchus -- Northern Red-billed Hornbill (split); Rooibekneushoringvoel
Species code:   4129
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Skin around the eye is black, not pink
Date:   2019-08-01 07:24:12
Species name:   Tockus kempi -- Western Red-billed Hornbill
Species code:   1502
Comment number:   3
By:   Garth Aiston
Comment:   Agreed
Date:   2019-08-02 11:26:16
Species name:   Tockus kempi -- Western Red-billed Hornbill
Species code:   1502

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