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:   4352
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431CD
Observer:   Kennedy David
Date of record:   2013-08-10
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Every evening this group of 8 or 9 Helmet-shrikes would fight and squabble over positioning on their sleepng branch. Nobody wanted to be outside bird, and it would take a good fifteen minutes or so before everything settled down.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   727
Species name:   Prionops plumatus
Common name:   White-crested Helmet-Shrike -- Withelmlaksman
Family:   Malaconotidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   White-crested Helmet-shrike Prionops plumatus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-4352
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Jake Mulvaney
Comment:  
Date:   2013-09-03 15:58:55
Species name:   Prionops plumatus -- White-crested Helmet-Shrike; Withelmlaksman
Species code:   727

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