Bird Pictures Archive

Record details

   [ Record 10 of 14 ]   
BirdPix:   166909
Province:  
Country:   Seychelles
Locus:   0355CA
Observer:   Gie S
Date of record:   2020-11-22
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   This shearwater is covered in seeds from the Mapua tree - could hardly walk. Did swim a bit. Could not fly
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   881
Species name:   Puffinus carneipes
Common name:   Flesh-footed Shearwater -- Bruinpylstormvoel
Family:   Procellariidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Flesh-footed Shearwater
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-166909
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 166909 - photo: 1
VM-number: 166909 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Pale bill with dark tip.
Date:   2021-05-07 18:28:12
Species name:   Puffinus carneipes -- Flesh-footed Shearwater; Bruinpylstormvoel
Species code:   881

[ Page served: July 6, 2024, 06:58 +0200]

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)
and
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
 
This work, except photographs, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright of images uploaded into the Virtual Museum remains with the photographers.

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology          UCT