Record details

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:   283883
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431BD
Observer:   de Vries A; Joey de Vries
Date of record:   2024-04-19
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Tail too short for Burchell's Starling and orange eye points towards Black-bellied Starling but it is too far south?? (Photos from 2 different cameras within Satara Caravan Park)
Last updated:   2024-07-15 16:07:23
Sp. code:   738
Species name:   Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Common name:   Greater Blue-eared Starling -- Groot-blouoorglansspreeu
Family:   Sturnidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-283883
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mark Stanton
Comment:   Immature greater blue-eared starling
Date:   2024-07-10 17:12:54
Species name:   Lamprotornis chalybaeus -- Greater Blue-eared Starling; Groot-blouoorglansspreeu
Species code:   738
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   With greenish wings.
Date:   2024-07-15 16:07:23
Species name:   Lamprotornis chalybaeus -- Greater Blue-eared Starling; Groot-blouoorglansspreeu
Species code:   738

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