Record details

:   50813
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3325CC
Observer:   Elstadt Cobus
Date of record:   2018-02-18
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   263
Species name:   Tringa nebularia
Common name:   Common Greenshank -- Groenpootruiter
Family:   Scolopacidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Green Sandpiper
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-50813
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:   Common Greenshank: light chin, back pattern, long legs (vs for Green Sandpiper: uniform darker head and chin, dark back with spots and shorter legs)
Date:   2018-03-15 13:20:10
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Agree - bill sturdy and upturned, also pointing to Common Greenshank.
Date:   2018-03-16 09:16:16
Species name:   Tringa nebularia -- Common Greenshank; Groenpootruiter
Species code:   263

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