Record details

:   13334
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732CD
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2013-11-05
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   One bird seen as a part of a huge, mixed flock of seed eating birds. Fallow pine apple field with seeding Guinea grass.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   822
Species name:   Lonchura fringilloides
Common name:   Magpie Mannikin -- Dikbekfret
Family:   Estrildidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Magpie Mannikin
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-13334
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:   Looks like Magpie Mannikin (Lonchura fringilloides) but cannot see completely clearly
Date:   2015-01-06 06:32:14
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:  
Date:   2017-07-14 21:07:38
Species name:   Lonchura fringilloides -- Magpie Mannikin; Dikbekfret
Species code:   822

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