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BirdPix:   8460
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732DA
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2011-11-08
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Eight birds seen in non-breeding plumage in short, heavily grazed grassland near the Mpempe pan. I have also seen them at this locality at other times in full breeding plumage.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   240
Species name:   Charadrius asiaticus
Common name:   Caspian Plover -- Asiatiese Strandkiewiet
Family:   Charadriidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Caspian Plover
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-8460
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8460 - photo: 1
VM-number: 8460 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:  
Date:   2014-08-30 08:05:25
Species name:   Charadrius asiaticus -- Caspian Plover; Asiatiese Strandkiewiet
Species code:   240

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