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Record details

BirdPix:   89718
Province:   Central Province
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   2025CA
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2019-06-21
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Makgadikgadi Salt Pans (bare pan)
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   236
Species name:   Charadrius pallidus
Common name:   Chestnut-banded Plover -- Rooibandstrandkiewiet
Family:   Charadriidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Chestnut-banded Plover
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-89718
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 89718 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Nest - quoting from Handbook of the world: "...nests along edges of salt pans, on calcareous soil, mudflat or stony slope, within 50 m of water; shallow scrape, lined with small stones, grass, fish bones and small snail shells, or other beach debris, occasionally even flamingo feathers".
Date:   2019-08-27 14:13:52
Species name:   Charadrius pallidus -- Chestnut-banded Plover; Rooibandstrandkiewiet
Species code:   236

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