Record details

:   29002
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2929BB
Observer:   Kleiman PR
Date of record:   2016-08-17
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Fascinating to find the nesting holes in the road cutting. The birds flew out of them showing me where they were
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   445
Species name:   Geocolaptes olivaceus
Common name:   Ground Woodpecker -- Grondspeg
Family:   Picidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Ground Woodpecker
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-29002
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   Very interesting
Date:   2016-08-19 11:46:11
Species name:   Geocolaptes olivaceus -- Ground Woodpecker; Grondspeg
Species code:   445

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