Birds with Odd Plumages

Record details

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BOP:   463
Province:   other
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1534DD
Observer:   Brown Gary
Date of record:   2018-06-15
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   679
Species name:   Erythrocercus livingstonei
Common name:   Livingstone's Flycatcher -- Rooistertvlieevanger
Family:   Sylviidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Livingstones flycatcher
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BOP-463
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 463 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Weird plumage - pale, grey face like sub-specie E. l. holochrous, but underparts and upperparts the same colour as with sub-specie E. l. thomsoni (which has a yellow face and greyish lores).
Date:   2018-07-11 03:49:54
Species name:   Erythrocercus livingstonei -- Livingstone's Flycatcher; Rooistertvlieevanger
Species code:   679

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