Record details

:   51176
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627BB
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2018-03-21
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Poor photos - very high, very fast, very silhouetted. Note pointed wingtips. This pair has been in the Gardens for a while now, to the discomfiture of the Verreaux's Eagle pair.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   113
Species name:   Falco peregrinus
Common name:   Peregrine Falcon -- Swerfvalk
Family:   Falconidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Peregrine Falcon
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-51176
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   First photo: barring up to the chest (only the throat is white)?? If so, this will be the migratory race F. p. calidus, not the resident race "minor".
Date:   2018-03-24 17:23:10
Species name:   Falco peregrinus -- Peregrine Falcon; Swerfvalk
Species code:   113

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