Birds with Odd Plumages

Record details

   [ Record 9 of 1880 ]   
BOP:   504
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2628AC
Observer:   Underhill LG; Photograph by Ian Lester and son and uploaded on their behalf
Date of record:   2018-12-10
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Ian Lester, the observer, notes: "The bird has been in the garden for about a week. We think it is still young as its plumage is fluffy and the adult appears almost paranoid everytime if leaves the nest."
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   786
Species name:   Passer melanurus
Common name:   Cape Sparrow -- Gewone Mossie
Family:   Passeridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cape Sparrow
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BOP-504
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 504 - photo: 1
VM-number: 504 - photo: 2
VM-number: 504 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2019-01-06 20:02:59
Species name:   Passer melanurus -- Cape Sparrow; Gewone Mossie
Species code:   786

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