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BirdPix:   127423
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318CD
Observer:   Barr Graham
Date of record:   2020-08-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Photo of Male SDC with yellow pectoral tufts - any work on when they have yellow tufts and when not?
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   760
Species name:   Nectarinia [Cinnyris] chalybea [chalybeus]
Common name:   Southern Double-collared Sunbird -- Klein-rooibandsuikerbekkie
Family:   Nectariniidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-127423
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 127423 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Tufts are most often displayed during the courtship phase (pre-breeding phase). From my "large" Roberts book, page 989 "Presence of rival male often prompts display of yellow pectoral tufts and burst of song, even when not breeding".
Date:   2020-09-01 14:50:16
Species name:   Nectarinia [Cinnyris] chalybea [chalybeus] -- Southern Double-collared Sunbird; Klein-rooibandsuikerbekkie
Species code:   760

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