Bird Pictures Archive

Record details
   [ Record 5 of 91 ]   
BirdPix:   18654
Province:  
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1233BB
Observer:   Brown Gary
Date of record:   2015-07-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   14220
Species name:   Euplectes sp.
Common name:   Bishops and Widowbirds (unidentified)
Family:   Ploceidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-18654
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 18654 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Stocky, lightly streaked underparts, pink bill, pink legs, pale eye-brow, short tail. Probably one of the bishops e.g. Southern Red or Black-winged.
Date:   2018-04-20 13:58:35
Species name:   Euplectes sp. -- Bishops and Widowbirds (unidentified)
Species code:   14220

[ Page served: May 22, 2024, 12:12 +0200]

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)
and
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
 
This work, except photographs, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright of images uploaded into the Virtual Museum remains with the photographers.

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology          UCT