Record details

:   59158
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2931CC
Observer:   Rimmer Dave
Date of record:   2017-06-25
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   ID provided by Niall Perrins after the pelagic trip via email - "note the pronounced steep forehead, the super, and that thin bill."
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   880
Species name:   Pachyptila belcheri
Common name:   Slender-billed Prion -- Dunbekwalvisvoel
Family:   Procellariidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Slender-billed Prion
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-59158
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:  
Date:   2018-08-25 20:55:27
Species name:   Pachyptila belcheri -- Slender-billed Prion; Dunbekwalvisvoel
Species code:   880

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