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BirdPix:   2539
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2832AD
Observer:   Kennedy David
Date of record:   2013-03-02
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Very distant view: not sure whether this is Great White or Pink-backed Pelicans
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   41
Species name:   Pelecanus rufescens
Common name:   Pink-backed Pelican -- Kleinpelikaan
Family:   Pelecanidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Pelican - see notes
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-2539
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2539 - photo: 1
VM-number: 2539 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Do look like Pink-backed
Date:   2014-08-29 07:57:17
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2017-07-18 13:01:08
Species name:   Pelecanus rufescens -- Pink-backed Pelican; Kleinpelikaan
Species code:   41

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