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BirdPix:   8045
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627BB
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2012-06-23
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Very poor sighting as the bird remained concealed - best guess was a female Violet-backed Starling
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   804
Species name:   Amblyospiza albifrons
Common name:   Thick-billed (Grosbeak) Weaver -- Dikbekwewer
Family:   Ploceidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-8045
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8045 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Looks more like a female Thick-billed Weaver. Bill looks thick and slightly yellow at the base.
Date:   2014-06-03 07:58:50
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2017-07-13 20:16:08
Species name:   Amblyospiza albifrons -- Thick-billed (Grosbeak) Weaver; Dikbekwewer
Species code:   804

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