Bird Pictures Archive

Record details

   [ Record 3 of 7 ]   
BirdPix:   33058
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CA
Observer:   Viljoen Ignatius Michael
Date of record:   2016-11-20
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   SAFRING BH21204 Retrap When this bird was initially caught it was suggested to be a juvenile male due to the black flecks on the throat. With this retrap and the time between initial and second trap, actually showed it to be a female and SAFRING record has been updated.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   786
Species name:   Passer melanurus
Common name:   Cape Sparrow -- Gewone Mossie
Family:   Passeridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cape sparrow
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-33058
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 33058 - photo: 1
VM-number: 33058 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2016-12-18 06:15:56
Species name:   Passer melanurus -- Cape Sparrow; Gewone Mossie
Species code:   786

[ Page served: September 21, 2024, 02:04 +0200]

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)
and
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
 
This work, except photographs, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright of images uploaded into the Virtual Museum remains with the photographers.

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology          UCT