Record details

:   476
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2520CD
Observer:   Kennedy David
Date of record:   2010-11-03
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   This bird was photographed at Waterhole 13 on the Auob River. By coincidence, an English visitor to Kgalagadi a couple of weeks later posted a photograph on the international birding forum BIRDFORUM of the same bird on the same rocks on the same day. The URL for his postis http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=187220&page=3 I have to admit his photograph is better than mine!
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   608
Species name:   Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common name:   Sedge Warbler -- Europese Vleisanger
Family:   Sylviidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   (European) Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-476
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Jason Kyle Boyce
Comment:   Very interesting, i was unsure of this species, after seeing the other chaps pic it is definately a Sedge =)
Date:   2013-01-07 17:22:55
Species name:   Acrocephalus schoenobaenus -- Sedge Warbler; Europese Vleisanger
Species code:   608

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