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Record details

BirdPix:   25758
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2832AB
Observer:   McCutcheon Ian
Date of record:   2012-12-30
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Alongside Wire-tailed Swallow
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   496
Species name:   Hirundo smithii
Common name:   Wire-tailed Swallow -- Draadstertswael
Family:   Hirundinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Grey-rumped Swallow
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-25758
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 25758 - photo: 1
VM-number: 25758 - photo: 2
VM-number: 25758 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Two adults with two young (young has buffy underparts and brown crown, which exclude Grey-rumped Swallow, which has grey underparts in both adult and young)
Date:   2017-09-13 15:04:25
Species name:   Hirundo smithii -- Wire-tailed Swallow; Draadstertswael
Species code:   496

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