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BirdPix:   160567
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2832AB
Observer:   du Plooy J
Date of record:   2021-03-05
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   243
Species name:   Vanellus melanopterus
Common name:   Black-winged Lapwing (Plover) -- Grootswartvlerkkiewiet
Family:   Charadriidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Black-winged Lapwing
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-160567
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 160567 - photo: 1
VM-number: 160567 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Lack of red wattle; what I can see of the legs, they look dark; a brown rather than grey crown.
Date:   2021-03-24 18:32:05
Species name:   Vanellus lugubris -- Senegal Lapwing (Plover); Kleinswartvlerkkiewiet
Species code:   244
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   In photo 2, the open wing shows a large, white wing-bar on the centre of the wing which points to Black-winged Lapwing.
Date:   2021-06-28 15:37:09
Species name:   Vanellus melanopterus -- Black-winged Lapwing (Plover); Grootswartvlerkkiewiet
Species code:   243

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