Record details

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:   65853
Province:  
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528AD
Observer:   Barrett Norman; Rajagopalan Padmanabhan
Date of record:   2018-11-25
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   129
Species name:   Milvus aegyptius
Common name:   Yellow-billed Kite -- Geelbekwou
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-65853
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:   Broad shoulders. Long gape. Dark eye.
Date:   2019-02-17 16:54:40
Species name:   Aquila nipalensis -- Steppe Eagle; Steppe-arend
Species code:   135
Comment number:   2
By:   Cameron and Vanessa Meyer
Comment:   If one zooms in then the forked tail just protruding from behind the branch is visible, as are the unfeathered tarsi. General body, head and beak shape fits with a kite as well.
Date:   2019-06-25 07:48:19
Species name:   Milvus aegyptius -- Yellow-billed Kite; Geelbekwou
Species code:   129

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