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BirdPix:   17656
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3218CC
Observer:   du Plessis Linda; Eddie du Plessis (10147)
Date of record:   2015-05-17
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   A few thousand Cape Cormorants sometimes stop here from upstream before flying out to sea.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   48
Species name:   Phalacrocorax capensis
Common name:   Cape Cormorant -- Trekduiker
Family:   Phalacrocoracidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cape Cormorant
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-17656
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17656 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   Too small to be able to make a positive ID
Date:   2015-06-26 16:30:50
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Plump body-shape excludes Reed Cormorant. Crowned Cormorant and Bank Cormorant are scarce in this area
Date:   2017-11-03 15:16:18
Species name:   Phalacrocorax capensis -- Cape Cormorant; Trekduiker
Species code:   48

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