Record details

:   69190
Province:  
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1434BC
Observer:   Brown Gary; Fiona Brown
Date of record:   2019-01-04
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   397
Species name:   Alcedo cristata
Common name:   Malachite Kingfisher -- Kuifkopvisvanger
Family:   Alcedinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Half Collared Kingfisher
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-69190
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 Malachite: white patch behind ear larger, chestnut forward of ye and between bill, no blue on breast forward of wing
Date:   2019-01-12 17:55:40
Species name:   Alcedo cristata -- Malachite Kingfisher; Kuifkopvisvanger
Species code:   397

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