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Record details

BirdPix:   4035
Province:  
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   1922BD
Observer:   Kennedy David
Date of record:   2008-11-24
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Pipits, to me at any rate, are difficult. This ID was based on the strong white eyestripe, the pink underside of the bill, and its readiness to take to the trees.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   691
Species name:   Anthus nyassae
Common name:   Wood (Woodland) Pipit -- Boskoester
Family:   Motacillidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-4035
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4035 - photo: 1
VM-number: 4035 - photo: 2
VM-number: 4035 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Agree with ID, especially the strong white eyestripe and pink base to the bill. Flanks are unstreaked.
Date:   2017-07-31 08:28:34
Species name:   Anthus nyassae -- Wood (Woodland) Pipit; Boskoester
Species code:   691

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