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BirdPix:   1008
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3125CC
Observer:   Holmes M
Date of record:   2012-10-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   According to my husband, the bird in mid air is a hawk of some kind. We are not able to get an id.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   14208
Species name:   FAMILY Accipitridae
Common name:   Bird of Prey (unidentified)
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-1008
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1008 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Can see Pied Crows and an African Sacred Ibis. Birds to the right could be Cape Crows. Not sure of the hawk?
Date:   2015-01-10 21:15:40
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2017-11-06 14:03:35
Species name:   FAMILY Accipitridae -- Bird of Prey (unidentified)
Species code:   14208

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