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Record details

BirdPix:   248487
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930BC
Observer:   Summersgill C
Date of record:   2023-02-11
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Juvenile. Nearly put down as Banded Martin, but note the rufous developing on the forehead (and the size and shape are not quite correct for Banded Martin). The Barn Swallow was submitted separately.
Last updated:   2023-02-28 12:20:57
Sp. code:   495
Species name:   Hirundo albigularis
Common name:   White-throated Swallow -- Witkeelswael
Family:   Hirundinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   White-throated Swallow
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-248487
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 248487 - photo: 1
VM-number: 248487 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mark Stanton
Comment:  
Date:   2023-02-28 12:20:57
Species name:   Hirundo albigularis -- White-throated Swallow; Witkeelswael
Species code:   495

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