Record details

   [ Record 17 of 9 ]   
:   7737
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2531AB
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2014-03-24
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   407
Species name:   Merops [nubicus] nubicoides
Common name:   Southern Carmine Bee-eater -- Rooiborsbyvreter
Family:   Meropidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-7737
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
[/007737-1.jpg
image not available]
[/007737-2.jpg
image not available]

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   If you change the contrast and lighting on the image you can see the turquoise crown, black eystripe and the carmine throat. Vent pale blue, so S Carmine
Date:   2014-06-13 07:57:42
Species name:   Merops [nubicus] nubicoides -- Southern Carmine Bee-eater; Rooiborsbyvreter
Species code:   407

[ Page served: April 18, 2024, 09:19 +0200]

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)
and
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
 
This work, except photographs, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright of images uploaded into the Virtual Museum remains with the photographers.

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology          UCT