Record details

:   23628
Province:   Katanga Province
Country:   Congo (DRC)
Locus:   1128CA
Observer:   de Cauwer R
Date of record:   2016-01-16
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   There were 3 or 4 same birds birds together feeding on insects in flight and in trees. Can you please confirm as these birds should be endemic to SA - Thanks
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   1168
Species name:   Turdus pelios
Common name:   African Thrush
Family:   Turdidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   (Juvenile olive ?) Thrush
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-23628
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   Likely to be juvenile African Thrush (Turdus pelios)--- a widespread and variable thrush.
Date:   2016-01-27 17:48:22
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Agree. Abyssinian Thrush does not occur in the area
Date:   2017-10-24 06:34:22
Species name:   Turdus pelios -- African Thrush
Species code:   1168

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