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75080 |
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| Country: |
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Botswana |
| Locus: |
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1922BB |
| Observer: |
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Kennedy D.; Photos courtesy of Tina Kennedy |
| Date of record: |
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2019-02-21 |
| Number of photos: |
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1 |
| Notes: |
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ID'd at the time as Western Banded Snake-eagle Circaetus cinerascens
Take a good look at this tree: next picture, taken 1 minute later, appears the same: but the raptor has mysteriously transmogrified into an African Harrier Hawk, and nobody saw it happen. |
| Last updated: |
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2022-03-11 14:29:26 |
| Sp. code: |
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171 |
| Species name: |
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Polyboroides typus |
| Common name: |
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African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene) -- Kaalwangvalk |
| Family: |
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Accipitridae |
| Record status: |
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ACCEPTED |
| Collector's species id: |
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Raptor |
| Institution: |
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ADU-UCT |
| Record URL: |
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https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-75080 |
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• Locus: Summary | Records • Species: Records | Distribution map |
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:
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1 |
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Lisl van Deventer |
| Comment: |
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(Possible) Lifers tend to transmogrify into the most common birds of the area in less than 1 minute. Reversing record 75081 in space by 1 minute only is probably not going to turn this one into a Snake Eagle... |
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2019-05-01 11:18:41 |
| Species name: |
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Polyboroides typus -- African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene); Kaalwangvalk |
| Species code: |
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171 |
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