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BirdPix:   18113
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2931AD
Observer:   Rimmer D
Date of record:   2015-05-26
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   666
Species name:   Chloropeta natalensis
Common name:   Dark-capped Yellow (Yellow) Warbler -- Geelsanger
Family:   Sylviidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Unsure, a juvenile Cisticola. Or maybe a juvenile Dark capped Yellow Warbler!
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-18113
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 18113 - photo: 1
VM-number: 18113 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Brown cap and backed (unstreaked) with prinia-like tail, points towards Dark-capped Yellow Warbler. Prominent bristles also showing well in photo one. Juvenile / sub-adult with paler belly.
Date:   2017-11-02 21:32:21
Species name:   Chloropeta natalensis -- Dark-capped Yellow (Yellow) Warbler; Geelsanger
Species code:   666

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