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Record details

BirdPix:   17564
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930DD
Observer:   Jackson Mike
Date of record:   2015-05-12
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   There have been a few visiting the garden recently. Not to eat seed but to drink. This one looked somewhat different in that the streaking is darker and the bill very yellow, as for a juvenile. Have not spotted a male yet though!
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   804
Species name:   Amblyospiza albifrons
Common name:   Thick-billed (Grosbeak) Weaver -- Dikbekwewer
Family:   Ploceidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Thickbilled Weaver
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-17564
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17564 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Female
Date:   2015-05-14 07:46:29
Species name:   Amblyospiza albifrons -- Thick-billed (Grosbeak) Weaver; Dikbekwewer
Species code:   804

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