Record details

:   21765
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2926AA
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2007-03-05
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Adult female found dead in suburban garden. Body mass 43 g; total length 223 mm; bill 9.13 mm; wing (armpit to tip) 202 mm; tarsus 19.7 mm; iris diameter 6.75 mm, radius 3.375 mm, surface area 35.784 mm^2, colour brown to bluish black; eye diameter 13.71 mm, radius 6.82 mm, surface area 146.12 mm^2, axis length 7.11 mm, volume 1038.9132 mm^3, mass 1.04 g. Stomach contents: bits of moths (Lepidoptera) 0.279 g dry mass.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   371
Species name:   Caprimulgus europaeus
Common name:   European Nightjar -- Europese Naguil
Family:   Caprimulgidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   European Nightjar
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-21765
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2015-11-17 09:37:07
Species name:   Caprimulgus europaeus -- European Nightjar; Europese Naguil
Species code:   371

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