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BirdPix:   84290
Province:  
Country:   Ethiopia
Locus:   NE_008037AB
Observer:   Booysen M.
Date of record:   2019-03-07
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   3768
Species name:   Lagonosticta [nitidula] rufopicta
Common name:   Bar-breasted Firefinch
Family:   Estrildidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Bar-breasted Firefinch, Lagonosticta rufopicta
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-84290
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 84290 - photo: 1
VM-number: 84290 - photo: 2
VM-number: 84290 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Garth Aiston
Comment:   Spotted flanks
Date:   2019-07-13 16:58:00
Species name:   Lagonosticta senegala -- Red-billed Firefinch; Rooibekvuurvinkie
Species code:   837
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Grey eyering eliminates similar looking Red-billed Firefinch (which has a yellow eye-ring).
Date:   2019-07-15 19:16:51
Species name:   Lagonosticta [nitidula] rufopicta -- Bar-breasted Firefinch
Species code:   3768

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