Record details

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:   111506
Province:  
Country:   Angola
Locus:   0913AA
Observer:   van der Merwe Carel
Date of record:   2018-12-01
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   508
Species name:   Riparia riparia
Common name:   Sand Martin (Bank Swallow) -- Europese Oewerswael
Family:   Hirundinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-111506
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:   Gape points to an adult bird (which rules out juvenile Angola Swallow or juvenile White-throated Swallow). Wing tips rounded, not pointed as in Swallows.
Date:   2020-07-02 14:29:46
Species name:   Riparia riparia -- Sand Martin (Bank Swallow); Europese Oewerswael
Species code:   508

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