Bird Pictures Archive

Record details
   [ Record 30 of 388 ]   
BirdPix:   15787
Province:  
Country:   Namibia
Locus:   2114BB
Observer:   Kleiman PR
Date of record:   2015-01-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   1035
Species name:   Afrotis afraoides
Common name:   Northern Black Korhaan (split) -- Witvlerkkorhaan
Family:   Otididae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Southern Black Korhaan
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-15787
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15787 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Given the difficulty in distinguishing between Northern and Southern Black Korhaans on the ground, I would go with Northern here, given the respective distributions.
Date:   2015-07-14 16:30:58
Species name:   Afrotis afraoides -- Northern Black Korhaan (split); Witvlerkkorhaan
Species code:   1035

[ Page served: May 27, 2024, 05:29 +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