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BirdPix:   10609
Province:  
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1333DD
Observer:   Brown Gary
Date of record:   2014-09-24
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   240
Species name:   Charadrius asiaticus
Common name:   Caspian Plover -- Asiatiese Strandkiewiet
Family:   Charadriidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-10609
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10609 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Greater Sand Plover considered (although it rarely occurs inland) due to robust bill, but long tibia, wings projecting beyond tail and broad eye-brow point to Caspian Plover
Date:   2017-08-11 06:48:46
Species name:   Charadrius asiaticus -- Caspian Plover; Asiatiese Strandkiewiet
Species code:   240

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