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BirdPix:   7977
Province:   Katanga Province
Country:   Congo (DRC)
Locus:   1026BB
Observer:   de Cauwer R
Date of record:   2014-05-20
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Next to a water hole close to the road -total of 4 - one juvenile - probably migrating as they VERY scarce now in the DRC - lack of food .
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   109
Species name:   Trigonoceps occipitalis
Common name:   White-headed Vulture -- Witkopaasvoel
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   trigonoceps occipitalis
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-7977
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7977 - photo: 1
VM-number: 7977 - photo: 2
VM-number: 7977 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Image 3 looks like a White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
Date:   2014-05-23 07:30:44
Species name:   Trigonoceps occipitalis -- White-headed Vulture; Witkopaasvoel
Species code:   109

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