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Record details

BirdPix:   17720
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3324AB
Observer:   Brown D.M.V; Ross Zietsman; Cliff Hopkins; Paddy Campbell
Date of record:   2015-01-29
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   A typical one-egg clutch; the egg is more olive than others seen in the past. The egg probably rolled to the edge of the nest on departure of a parent bird.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   278
Species name:   Rhinoptilus africanus
Common name:   Double-banded Courser -- Dubbelbanddrawwertjie
Family:   Glareolidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Double-banded Courser
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-17720
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 17720 - photo: 1
VM-number: 17720 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:  
Date:   2015-05-27 21:28:09
Species name:   Rhinoptilus africanus -- Double-banded Courser; Dubbelbanddrawwertjie
Species code:   278

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