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BirdPix:   6025
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528AD
Observer:   Nyenes Mike
Date of record:   2014-01-02
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Not very sure of this ID, but it seems the closest one to the bird in view
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   256
Species name:   Philomachus pugnax
Common name:   Ruff -- Kemphaan
Family:   Scolopacidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   White-rumped Sandpiper
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-6025
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 6025 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Wings not longer than tail, long upper legs (yellowish), sturdy bill (not drooping), no obvious white eye-brow, flanks do not have thin streaking
Date:   2017-08-18 08:27:13
Species name:   Philomachus pugnax -- Ruff; Kemphaan
Species code:   256

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