Record details

:   20524
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2427DD
Observer:   McCutcheon Ian
Date of record:   2015-07-12
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Found on a golf-course green. Plain-back, tail wagging, Upright stance, yellowish base to bill, dark greyish back (as opposed to buffy)
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   694
Species name:   Anthus leucophrys
Common name:   Plain-backed Pipit -- Donkerkoester
Family:   Motacillidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Plain-backed Pipit
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-20524
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:   To add to the detailed notes: the weight is in the belly, not the breast (as with Buffy Pipit)
Date:   2017-08-17 15:44:50
Species name:   Anthus leucophrys -- Plain-backed Pipit; Donkerkoester
Species code:   694

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