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Record details

BirdPix:   104112
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528BA
Observer:   Nieuwoudt P; Marius van Zyl
Date of record:   2020-01-23
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   772
Species name:   Nectarinia [Chalcomitra] amethystina
Common name:   Amethyst (Black) Sunbird -- Swartsuikerbekkie
Family:   Nectariniidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-104112
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 104112 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Juvenile: underparts yellowish and faintly streaked; yellowish moustache. Compare with juvenile male Marico Sunbird (underparts also yellowish, but spotted rather than streaked).
Date:   2020-02-06 20:24:29
Species name:   Nectarinia [Chalcomitra] amethystina -- Amethyst (Black) Sunbird; Swartsuikerbekkie
Species code:   772

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