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BirdPix:   63706
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CD
Observer:   Cronje Pieter; Jeannie Du Plessis
Date of record:   2018-11-03
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   14204
Species name:   FAMILY Caprimulgidae
Common name:   Nightjar (unidentified)
Family:   Caprimulgidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-63706
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 63706 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Difficult to ID a nightjar without details of the tail and hind neck, especially from a close-up photo.
Date:   2018-11-15 20:25:04
Species name:   FAMILY Caprimulgidae -- Nightjar (unidentified)
Species code:   14204

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