Birds with Odd Plumages

Record details

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BOP:   345
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CD
Observer:   Cronje Pieter
Date of record:   2017-04-15
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   813
Species name:   Euplectes ardens
Common name:   Red-collared Widowbird -- Rooikeelflap
Family:   Ploceidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BOP-345
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 345 - photo: 1
VM-number: 345 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Adult male, moulting. Refer to Chamberlain's LBJs (Faansie Peacock), page 303.
Date:   2017-04-15 18:58:57
Species name:   Euplectes ardens -- Red-collared Widowbird; Rooikeelflap
Species code:   813

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