Record details

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:   71981
Province:  
Country:   Kenya
Locus:   0036DD
Observer:   Harries A; Geoff Harries
Date of record:   2018-11-23
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   159
Species name:   Accipiter melanoleucus
Common name:   Black Sparrowhawk (Goshawk) -- Swartsperwer
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Black sparrowhawk?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-71981
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Sub-adult African Hawk-Eagle: broad black trailing edge to the wing, dark blotches appearing on the underwing and feathered legs.
Date:   2019-02-14 16:54:19
Species name:   Aquila spilogaster -- African Hawk Eagle; Grootjagarend
Species code:   141
Comment number:   2
By:   Cameron Meyer
Comment:   Juvenile. Feet not bulky enough, for hawk-eagle no black margin between underwing coverts and flight feathers, beak not heavy enough.
Date:   2019-06-19 15:44:37
Species name:   Accipiter melanoleucus -- Black Sparrowhawk (Goshawk); Swartsperwer
Species code:   159

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