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BirdPix:   53750
Province:  
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528AA
Observer:   Tenner Esme
Date of record:   2018-05-16
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   127
Species name:   Aviceda cuculoides
Common name:   African Cuckoo Hawk -- Koekoekvalk
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Dark Chanting Goshawk juvenile
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-53750
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 53750 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2018-05-21 20:20:03
Species name:   Melierax metabates -- Dark Chanting-Goshawk; Donkersingvalk
Species code:   163
Comment number:   2
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   The "bulging" yellow eye, grey chest, broadly barred belly, and broadly barred tail, seems to point more towards this bird being an African Cuckoo Hawk in my opinion
Date:   2018-12-26 13:31:45
Species name:   Aviceda cuculoides -- African Cuckoo Hawk; Koekoekvalk
Species code:   127
Comment number:   3
By:   Cameron Meyer
Comment:   Agree with Malcolm.
Date:   2019-07-08 15:50:51
Species name:   Aviceda cuculoides -- African Cuckoo Hawk; Koekoekvalk
Species code:   127

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