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BirdPix:   266887
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3120BA
Observer:   Elstadt C
Date of record:   2023-06-30
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-11-05 16:39:27
Sp. code:   566
Species name:   Cercomela schlegelii
Common name:   Karoo Chat -- Karoospekvreter
Family:   Muscicapidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Familiar Chat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-266887
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 266887 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mark Stanton
Comment:   Familiar chat has orange rump, with orangey brown outer tail feathers and frequently orangey brown ear coverts. The black tail and white outer tail feathers, along with grey rump as seen in the image point to this being a Karoo Chat
Date:   2023-11-05 16:39:27
Species name:   Cercomela schlegelii -- Karoo Chat; Karoospekvreter
Species code:   566

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