Birds with Odd Plumages

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BOP:   773
Province:   Kavango East
Country:   Namibia
Locus:   1821BA
Observer:   Thomson N; Photographed by Petra Wunder
Date of record:   2023-04-29
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Axanthism
Last updated:   2023-05-16 17:11:06
Sp. code:   439
Species name:   Trachyphonus vaillantii
Common name:   Crested Barbet -- Kuifkophoutkapper
Family:   Lybiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Crested Barbet
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BOP-773
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 773 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Excellent photo record! Showing "Erythrism" - individuals appear more reddish or rufous than others of their kind: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/what-can-cause-birds-to-show-weird-color-variations-such-as-being-all-or-partly-white-or-unusually-dark/#
Date:   2023-05-15 19:51:59
Species name:   Trachyphonus vaillantii -- Crested Barbet; Kuifkophoutkapper
Species code:   439

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