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BirdPix:   47138
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2827AC
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2013-10-20
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Rural garden. Larger than Dusky and White-bellied Sunbird, darker than non-breeding Malachite Sunbird.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   772
Species name:   Nectarinia [Chalcomitra] amethystina
Common name:   Amethyst (Black) Sunbird -- Swartsuikerbekkie
Family:   Nectariniidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Amethyst Sunbird
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-47138
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 47138 - photo: 1
VM-number: 47138 - photo: 2
VM-number: 47138 - photo: 3

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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2018-02-07 10:19:36
Species name:   Nectarinia [Chalcomitra] amethystina -- Amethyst (Black) Sunbird; Swartsuikerbekkie
Species code:   772

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