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BirdPix:   10292
Province:   Sofala
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   1934DB
Observer:   Booysen M.
Date of record:   2009-04-20
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   166
Species name:   Circus aeruginosus
Common name:   Western (European) Marsh-Harrier -- Europese Vleivalk
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Western Marsh Harrier male
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-10292
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10292 - photo: 1
VM-number: 10292 - photo: 2
VM-number: 10292 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2014-09-21 06:30:09
Species name:   Circus ranivorus -- African Marsh-Harrier; Afrikaanse Vleivalk
Species code:   167
Comment number:   2
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   Male Western Marsh Harrier; note that it has a grey unbarred tail.
Date:   2014-09-24 11:32:09
Species name:   Circus aeruginosus -- Western (European) Marsh-Harrier; Europese Vleivalk
Species code:   166

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