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Record details

BirdPix:   213986
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3424AB
Observer:   Elstadt C
Date of record:   2022-03-27
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-28 14:48:26
Sp. code:   10041
Species name:   Promerops sp.
Common name:   Unidentified Promerops
Family:   Promeropidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Gurney's Sugarbird
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-213986
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 213986 - photo: 1
VM-number: 213986 - photo: 2
VM-number: 213986 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   More likely to be a Cape Sugarbird due to the long tail, heavy streaking on underside as well as the area that it was recorded in.
Date:   2022-03-28 08:00:47
Species name:   Promerops cafer -- Cape Sugarbird; Kaapse SuikervoĆ«l
Species code:   749
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Rufous crown and rufous breast point to Gurney's Sugarbird. Long tail and heavy streaking point to Cape Sugarbird. Perhaps a hybrid?
Date:   2022-03-28 14:48:26
Species name:   Promerops sp. -- Unidentified Promerops
Species code:   10041

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