Record details

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:   7574
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431CD
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2014-03-29
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Truly horrible photo - taken late in the evening in very poor light - apologies
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   14208
Species name:   FAMILY Accipitridae
Common name:   Bird of Prey (unidentified)
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides typus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-7574
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:   Does look like an African Harrier-Hawk, but image not clear enough to be sure
Date:   2014-05-01 07:24:23
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2017-11-06 14:45:02
Species name:   FAMILY Accipitridae -- Bird of Prey (unidentified)
Species code:   14208

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