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BirdPix:   68929
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3228CB
Observer:   Marais E
Date of record:   2018-12-26
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   This bird apppeared over a tern roost at 17:15 on the northern side of the Kei Mouth estuary. Only seen for 20 minutes and never relocated, despite a number of birders searching the following day.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   302
Species name:   Gygis alba
Common name:   White Tern
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   White Tern
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-68929
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 68929 - photo: 1
VM-number: 68929 - photo: 2
VM-number: 68929 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:  
Date:   2019-01-09 15:56:38
Species name:   Gygis alba -- White Tern
Species code:   302

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