Record details

:   28397
Province:   Machakos
Country:   Kenya
Locus:   0137AC
Observer:   Cronje Pieter
Date of record:   2016-07-19
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   774
Species name:   Nectarinia [Chalcomitra] senegalensis
Common name:   Scarlet-chested Sunbird -- Rooiborssuikerbekkie
Family:   Nectariniidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Amethyst sunbird, black sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-28397
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Looks more like a Scarlet-chested Sunbird. Besides the apparent scarlet of the patch, on Amethyst the colour starts immediately below the bill, whereas there is a definite gap here.
Date:   2016-08-15 07:54:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2016-10-24 14:37:38
Species name:   Nectarinia [Chalcomitra] senegalensis -- Scarlet-chested Sunbird; Rooiborssuikerbekkie
Species code:   774

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