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Record details

BirdPix:   90931
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318CD
Observer:   Wirth Alexander
Date of record:   2019-07-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   288
Species name:   Larus cirrocephalus
Common name:   Grey-headed Gull -- Gryskopmeeu
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Grey-headed Gull
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-90931
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 90931 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Garth Aiston
Comment:   Pure white head with no dark smudges, shortish dark red bill and dark red legs. Pale eye not typical.
Date:   2019-09-06 05:54:01
Species name:   Larus hartlaubii -- Hartlaub's Gull; Hartlaubse Meeu
Species code:   289
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Pale eye with red ring. Might be moulting into breeding plumage, and has therefore already lost the dark smudges.
Date:   2019-09-06 19:13:47
Species name:   Larus cirrocephalus -- Grey-headed Gull; Gryskopmeeu
Species code:   288

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