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Record details

BirdPix:   138161
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3226BB
Observer:   Peter C
Date of record:   2020-11-07
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Hard to count, but I estimate around 20 coming of an unseen carcass.
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   106
Species name:   Gyps coprotheres
Common name:   Cape Vulture (Griffon) -- Kransaasvoel
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-138161
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 138161 - photo: 1
VM-number: 138161 - photo: 2
VM-number: 138161 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Look like sub-adults (dark eyes) - some with clear blue skin patches, others starting to show the line of spots on the underwing.
Date:   2020-11-08 15:11:06
Species name:   Gyps coprotheres -- Cape Vulture (Griffon); Kransaasvoel
Species code:   106

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