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BirdPix:   1471
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2527DD
Observer:   Zaloumis, Alex
Date of record:   2012-02-22
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   looking at Chamberlain's LBJs wondering if this is a normal moult stage of the red collared widow (No red collar)- or one of the hybrids that he discusses on p.312 seen many pin tail whydahs but only identified one indigo(today) in these reedbeds. pic taken at Lanseria - usual Costello dam & reed site. It seems to have absolutely no colour in collar, others in vicinity are in quite large mixed flocks but still with red collar - have not moulted
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   813
Species name:   Euplectes ardens
Common name:   Red-collared Widowbird -- Rooikeelflap
Family:   Ploceidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   red collared widow
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-1471
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1471 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1471 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Dieter Oschadleus
Comment:  
Date:   2013-02-22 16:05:45
Species name:   Euplectes ardens -- Red-collared Widowbird; Rooikeelflap
Species code:   813

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