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Record details

BirdPix:   670
Province:  
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   1923DC
Observer:   Kennedy David
Date of record:   2006-06-01
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   710
Species name:   Laniarius bicolor
Common name:   Swamp Boubou -- Moeraswaterfiskaal
Family:   Malaconotidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Swamp Boubou Laniarius bi color
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-670
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 670 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Jason Kyle Boyce
Comment:  
Date:   2012-09-25 22:45:32
Species name:   Laniarius aethiopicus -- Ethiopian Boubou; Tropiese Waterfiskaal
Species code:   977
Comment number:   2
By:   David Kennedy
Comment:   This is definitely a Swamp Boubou. It was one of a calling pair, and the call is unmistakeable. Tropical Boubous are found in the Caprivi-Zambezi area. I'm not sure if they reach as far south as Maun,where this photograph was taken.
Date:   2013-12-13 21:41:27
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:  
Date:   2016-09-13 07:53:29
Species name:   Laniarius bicolor -- Swamp Boubou; Moeraswaterfiskaal
Species code:   710

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