Record details

:   7244
Province:  
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1333DD
Observer:   Brown Gary
Date of record:   2014-01-04
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   401
Species name:   Halcyon leucocephala
Common name:   Grey-headed (Chestnut-bellied) Kingfisher -- Gryskopvisvanger
Family:   Dacelonidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-7244
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:   Juvenile Grey-hooded Kingfisher. Prominant black wing and white shoulder; tail apears to be short and bill quite long (and red). Woodland Kingfisher excluded (red lower mandible). Brown-hooded Kingfisher juvenile has a sooty black wing.
Date:   2017-08-15 10:32:03
Species name:   Halcyon leucocephala -- Grey-headed (Chestnut-bellied) Kingfisher; Gryskopvisvanger
Species code:   401

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