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BirdPix:   22783
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2628BC
Observer:   Steen L.
Date of record:   2015-12-06
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Adult swimming and immature waiting for parent while pulling at vegetation
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   208
Species name:   Porphyrio madagascariensis
Common name:   African Purple (Purple) Swamphen (Gallinule) -- Grootkoningriethaan
Family:   Rallidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African Purple Swamphen
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-22783
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 22783 - photo: 1
VM-number: 22783 - photo: 2
VM-number: 22783 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2015-12-17 10:59:04
Species name:   Porphyrio madagascariensis -- African Purple (Purple) Swamphen (Gallinule); Grootkoningriethaan
Species code:   208

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