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Record details

BirdPix:   49659
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627BB
Observer:   Van Rooyen Johannes
Date of record:   2018-02-06
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Casually sitting on a lamp post along a suburban street. About 7:20 in the morning.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   132
Species name:   Pernis apivorus
Common name:   European Honey-buzzard -- Wespedief
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Brown Snake-Eagle
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-49659
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 49659 - photo: 1
VM-number: 49659 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Eye too small for BSE, also head pointed and narrows to a fine bill for catching wasps, BSE bill bigger.
Date:   2018-02-08 07:46:43
Species name:   Pernis apivorus -- European Honey-buzzard; Wespedief
Species code:   132

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