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Record details

BirdPix:   9074
Province:   Katanga Province
Country:   Congo (DRC)
Locus:   1128CA
Observer:   de Cauwer R
Date of record:   2014-07-27
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   The Barred Wren Warbler is supposed to be "endemic" to SW Africa - this is a first observation and picture in the DRC of it .Please confirm - thanks
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   562
Species name:   Monticola angolensis
Common name:   Miombo Rock-Thrush -- Angolakliplyster
Family:   Muscicapidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   calamonastes fasciolatus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-9074
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9074 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Not a Barred Wren-Warbler (Calamonastes fasciolatus), but rather a juvenile Rock-Thrush or Flycatcher.
Date:   2014-08-06 08:00:53
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Juvenile, heavily scalloped below with asymmetrical barring on the back
Date:   2017-08-15 08:49:23
Species name:   Monticola angolensis -- Miombo Rock-Thrush; Angolakliplyster
Species code:   562

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