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Record details

BirdPix:   134518
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530BC
Observer:   Giles Mulholland
Date of record:   2014-10-07
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   adult (common summer visitor, September to February, never seen young, but adult threw 2 Natal Robin nestlings out of nest and removed an egg from a Black Flycatcher nest but did not lay one to replace it even though nest remained unoccupied for 10 minutes)
Last updated:   2020-10-14 13:18:46
Sp. code:   343
Species name:   Cuculus solitarius
Common name:   Red-chested Cuckoo -- Piet-my-vrou
Family:   Cuculidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cuculus solitarius
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-134518
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 134518 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Giles Mulholland
Comment:   Cuculus solitarius
Date:   2020-10-14 10:25:54
Species name:   Cuculus solitarius -- Red-chested Cuckoo; Piet-my-vrou
Species code:   343

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