Record details

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:   75409
Province:  
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   1922BB
Observer:   Kennedy D.; Photos courtesy of Tina Kennedy
Date of record:   2019-02-22
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   203
Species name:   Amaurornis flavirostris
Common name:   Black Crake -- Swartriethaan
Family:   Rallidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Uncertain - may be juvenile moorhen or crake
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-75409
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:   Dark red legs, pale throat, black bill with yellow tip - juvenile moulting into sub-adult. Small size (smaller than Water-lily).
Date:   2019-05-04 19:16:58
Species name:   Amaurornis flavirostris -- Black Crake; Swartriethaan
Species code:   203

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