Record details

:   4534
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418AB
Observer:   Powell Karen Paulette
Date of record:   2013-08-10
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   it may have been 2 squirrel babies, he had one in each claw. about 7 pied crows were bombing him
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   171
Species name:   Polyboroides typus
Common name:   African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene) -- Kaalwangvalk
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-4534
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2013-09-17 12:57:45
Species name:   Polyboroides typus -- African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene); Kaalwangvalk
Species code:   171

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