Record details

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:   92589
Province:   Lusaka
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528AD
Observer:   Finn Kyle
Date of record:   2019-09-07
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   839
Species name:   Uraeginthus angolensis
Common name:   Blue Waxbill -- Gewone Blousysie
Family:   Estrildidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Blue Waxbill
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-92589
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Garth Aiston
Comment:   Male lacks red cheeks of Red-cheeked Cordonbleu but female has red-pink base to bill and blue that extends down flanks.
Date:   2019-09-24 17:11:39
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Female has a whitish (not buffy) belly and vent.
Date:   2019-09-24 19:42:22
Species name:   Uraeginthus angolensis -- Blue Waxbill; Gewone Blousysie
Species code:   839

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