Record details

:   12764
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528DA
Observer:   McCutcheon Ian
Date of record:   2013-12-14
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Very poor light so crown and breast streaking is not visible. Could this be a Brown-backed Honeybird?
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   443
Species name:   Prodotiscus regulus
Common name:   Brown-backed (Sharp-billed) Honeybird (Honeyguide) -- Skerpbekheuningvoel
Family:   Indicatoridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Spotted Flycatcher
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-12764
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Look at white outer white tail feathers and fairly distinctive "notched" forehead
Date:   2014-12-28 07:40:27
Species name:   Prodotiscus regulus -- Brown-backed (Sharp-billed) Honeybird (Honeyguide); Skerpbekheuningvoel
Species code:   443

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