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BirdPix:   9980
Province:  
Country:   Namibia
Locus:   2314BB
Observer:   Solomon D
Date of record:   2011-08-24
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   294
Species name:   Sterna paradisaea
Common name:   Arctic Tern -- Arktiese Sterretjie
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Arctic Tern
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-9980
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9980 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   White rump, long tail streamers, wings look "ahead" of centre of body
Date:   2017-08-13 14:14:59
Species name:   Sterna paradisaea -- Arctic Tern; Arktiese Sterretjie
Species code:   294

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