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BirdPix:   278223
Province:  
Country:   Rwanda
Locus:   0130DC
Observer:   Kruger
Date of record:   2024-03-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Wasn't calling - presume Winding Cisticola
Last updated:   2024-03-24 17:05:29
Sp. code:   3118
Species name:   Cisticola carruthersi
Common name:   Carruthers's Cisticola
Family:   Cisticolidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-278223
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 278223 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mark Stanton
Comment:  
Date:   2024-03-18 09:32:48
Species name:   Cisticola carruthersi -- Carruthers's Cisticola
Species code:   3118
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Carruthers's Cisticola (preferring Papyrus swamps) has a predominantly grey mantle and grey wings; mantle and wings with a few black feathers.. - .. Winding Cisticola (seldom in Papyrus) has a mantle and wings showing a lot of black feathers, interspersed with grey and even a few brown feathers. Both Cisticolas show some rufous in the wings.
Date:   2024-03-24 17:05:29
Species name:   Cisticola carruthersi -- Carruthers's Cisticola
Species code:   3118

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