Record details

:   32430
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2832AD
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2016-11-15
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Note the yellow eye and grey face/head.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   146
Species name:   Circaetus [gallicus] pectoralis
Common name:   Black-chested (Breasted) Snake-Eagle -- Swartborsslangarend
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Eurasian Honey Buzzard
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-32430
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:   Immature Black-chested Snake-Eagle. Lack of dark carpal joints and band pattern on tail not two high up near vent with broad terminal band.
Date:   2016-11-21 07:27:23
Species name:   Circaetus [gallicus] pectoralis -- Black-chested (Breasted) Snake-Eagle; Swartborsslangarend
Species code:   146

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