Record details

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:   278200
Province:  
Country:   Rwanda
Locus:   0130DC
Observer:   Kruger
Date of record:   2024-03-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Is this a Whinchat with that white eye-brow, or just a young stonechat?
Last updated:   2024-03-21 10:34:55
Sp. code:   577
Species name:   Saxicola rubetra
Common name:   Whinchat -- Europese Bontrokkie
Family:   Muscicapidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-278200
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:   Agree with Whinchat. Long, white eyebrow and white patch close to the edge of the wing, rule out African Stonechat.
Date:   2024-03-21 10:34:55
Species name:   Saxicola rubetra -- Whinchat; Europese Bontrokkie
Species code:   577

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