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BirdPix:   66885
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3026BA
Observer:   Wilson C
Date of record:   2018-12-09
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   14210
Species name:   Hybrid Prinia flavicans x P. maculosa
Common name:   Hybrid Black-chested x Karoo Prinia
Family:   Cisticolidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Hybrid Black-chested and Karoo Prinia
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-66885
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 66885 - photo: 1
VM-number: 66885 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Bird in first photo has streaks below and shows hybridisation. Bird in second photo shows the broken breast band typical of arid regions. Two different birds or just the angle?
Date:   2019-01-13 06:55:18
Species name:   Hybrid Prinia flavicans x P. maculosa -- Hybrid Black-chested x Karoo Prinia
Species code:   14210

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