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BirdPix:   124574
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2527DC
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2020-07-28
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   ID is best estimate. I was photographing a widow-bird sitting on the fence and didn't even see this bird. It must have leapt out of the grass just as I pressed the shutter.
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   576
Species name:   Saxicola torquata
Common name:   African (Common) Stonechat -- Gewone Bontrokkie
Family:   Muscicapidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-124574
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 124574 - photo: 1
VM-number: 124574 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   With White-winged Widowbird (photo 1).
Date:   2020-08-14 07:28:25
Species name:   Saxicola torquata -- African (Common) Stonechat; Gewone Bontrokkie
Species code:   576

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