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BirdPix:   4170
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418CB
Observer:   Steen L.
Date of record:   2013-04-21
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   4151
Species name:   Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Common name:   Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (split) -- Atlantiese Geelneusalbatros
Family:   Diomedeidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Indian Yellow-nosed Alabtross
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-4170
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4170 - photo: 1
VM-number: 4170 - photo: 2
VM-number: 4170 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   David Kennedy
Comment:   Hi, Lia, Your first record appears to show a yellow stripe on the bill, which, along with its white head, would suggest Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross. The other two pictures show a bird with a black bill. The juveniles of both Indian and Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatrosses have black bills. Pelagic seabirds are not my forte, so I would be reluctant to register an identity at this stage.
Date:   2013-08-19 09:17:17
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2016-12-01 08:40:08
Species name:   Thalassarche chlororhynchos -- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (split); Atlantiese Geelneusalbatros
Species code:   4151

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