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BirdPix:   308
Province:   North West
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2527AA
Observer:   Andersen I
Date of record:   2012-08-21
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Was with other nornal coloured birds, but almost seem to have preference in the bulbul pecking order at a food table with the other birds giving way when it approached. Only saw it once over a four day stay at the Bagatla camp on the border of the Pilanesberg Game park.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   545
Species name:   Pycnonotus tricolor
Common name:   Dark-capped (Black-eyed) Bulbul -- Swartoogtiptol
Family:   Pycnonotidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Dark capped bulbul - (Pycnonotus barbatus)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-308
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 308 - photo: 1
VM-number: 308 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Jason Kyle Boyce
Comment:  
Date:   2012-08-27 20:48:34
Species name:   Pycnonotus tricolor -- Dark-capped (Black-eyed) Bulbul; Swartoogtiptol
Species code:   545

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