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Record details

BirdPix:   134606
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530BC
Observer:   Giles Mulholland
Date of record:   2010-04-08
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   adult (occasional visitor to dam and former farmhouse pond prior to 2011)
Last updated:   2020-10-14 13:18:46
Sp. code:   395
Species name:   Megaceryle maxima (H. maximus)
Common name:   Giant Kingfisher -- Reusevisvanger
Family:   Dacelonidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Megaceryle maxima (H. maximus)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-134606
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 134606 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Giles Mulholland
Comment:   Megaceryle maxima (H. maximus)
Date:   2020-10-14 10:26:23
Species name:   Megaceryle maxima (H. maximus) -- Giant Kingfisher; Reusevisvanger
Species code:   395

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