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Record details

BirdPix:   16068
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3219AA
Observer:   van Dyk Zenobia
Date of record:   2014-02-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   230
Species name:   Rostratula benghalensis
Common name:   Greater Painted-snipe -- Goudsnip
Family:   Rostratulidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Greater- painted snipe
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-16068
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16068 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Photo very small, can see that it's a wader.
Date:   2015-03-04 07:00:45
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   Enlarged version shows the white harness, and the turned down bill
Date:   2017-07-15 23:22:01
Species name:   Rostratula benghalensis -- Greater Painted-snipe; Goudsnip
Species code:   230

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