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Record details

BirdPix:   95679
Province:  
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1033DB
Observer:   Booysen M.
Date of record:   2019-08-14
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   178
Species name:   Scleroptila levaillantii
Common name:   Red-winged Francolin -- Rooivlerkpatrys
Family:   Phasianidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Crawshay's Francolin Scleroptila crawshayii
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-95679
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 95679 - photo: 1
VM-number: 95679 - photo: 2
VM-number: 95679 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Garth Aiston
Comment:   Not sure whether this is only considered a sub-species. See Journal of African Ornithology Volume 90, 2019 - Issue 3
Date:   2019-10-23 19:12:33
Species name:   Scleroptila levaillantii -- Red-winged Francolin; Rooivlerkpatrys
Species code:   178
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   With reduced spotting on the white band below the eye down to the side of the neck, reduced spotting on the upper breast and paler belly. Pending IOC specie split.
Date:   2019-10-27 06:51:11
Species name:   Scleroptila levaillantii -- Red-winged Francolin; Rooivlerkpatrys
Species code:   178

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