Record details

:   20557
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930DB
Observer:   Rimmer D
Date of record:   2015-08-16
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
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, or possibly Long-billed Pipit
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-20557
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:   Round head, absence of fine streaking on the back and thick-set shoulders exclude Long-billed Pipit. Yellow base to the bill.
Date:   2017-08-29 08:48:13
Species name:   Anthus leucophrys -- Plain-backed Pipit; Donkerkoester
Species code:   694

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