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BirdPix:   150005
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2520DA
Observer:   Gie S
Date of record:   2020-12-08
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Possibly Common swift but pale feathers (coverts)?
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   378
Species name:   Apus apus
Common name:   Common (European) Swift -- Europese Windswael
Family:   Apodidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-150005
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 150005 - photo: 1
VM-number: 150005 - photo: 2
VM-number: 150005 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Agree with Common Swift - whole upper-wing (including secondaries) and back a uniform dark colour.
Date:   2021-01-05 10:57:18
Species name:   Apus apus -- Common (European) Swift; Europese Windswael
Species code:   378

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