Record details

:   27652
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2727CB
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2008-07-26
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Rural garden. Originally identified as Pin-tailed Whydah.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   847
Species name:   Vidua regia
Common name:   Shaft-tailed Whydah -- Pylstertrooibekkie
Family:   Viduidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Village Indigobird
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-27652
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:   Bright red bill and legs. Black tail. Streaks on upper mantel forming a "V" pattern. Uncommon (or overlooked?) in area. Perhaps a winter visitor, flocking with other LBJs?
Date:   2017-09-09 19:01:41
Species name:   Vidua regia -- Shaft-tailed Whydah; Pylstertrooibekkie
Species code:   847

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