Record details

:   16918
Province:   Maputo
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   2532DA
Observer:   de Beer Len
Date of record:   2015-04-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   26 Pelicans confirmed with a binocular (Pink in colour)
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   42
Species name:   Pelecanus onocrotalus
Common name:   Great White Pelican -- Witpelikaan
Family:   Pelecanidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-16918
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Dark flight feathers do not extend al the way to body (white patch of flight feathers visible against the body)
Date:   2017-08-23 09:50:53
Species name:   Pelecanus onocrotalus -- Great White Pelican; Witpelikaan
Species code:   42

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