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BirdPix:   136648
Province:   Kaokoland
Country:   Namibia
Locus:   1812DD
Observer:   Van Rooyen Johan en Estelle
Date of record:   2016-07-04
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Submitted it to SABAP2 as African Swamphen. Submitted ORF, but it was approved as Allen's Gallinule. It caused excitement in Namibian birding community as another was seen in Swakopmund the day before. With Three-banded Plover in photo 3
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   209
Species name:   Porphyrula alleni
Common name:   Allen's (Lesser) Gallinule -- Kleinkoningriethaan
Family:   Rallidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Allen's Gallinule
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-136648
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 136648 - photo: 1
VM-number: 136648 - photo: 2
VM-number: 136648 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   With pale eye. Excellent photo record for the area!
Date:   2020-11-19 12:52:26
Species name:   Porphyrula alleni -- Allen's (Lesser) Gallinule; Kleinkoningriethaan
Species code:   209

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