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BirdPix:   67346
Province:   Yobe State
Country:   Nigeria
Locus:   NE_012010DC
Observer:   Ringim A
Date of record:   2018-12-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   145
Species name:   Circaetus cinereus
Common name:   Brown Snake-Eagle -- Bruinslangarend
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Common Kestrel
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-67346
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 67346 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   A juvenile. The large yellow eyes and small, round head (with longer nape feathers) are typical of a Snake-Eagle.
Date:   2019-01-26 22:56:21
Species name:   Circaetus cinereus -- Brown Snake-Eagle; Bruinslangarend
Species code:   145

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