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BirdPix:   95078
Province:   Kayes
Country:   Mali
Locus:   NW_014011AD
Observer:   Stanton Mark
Date of record:   2019-10-18
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Honey Buzzard or Harrier?
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   168
Species name:   Circus macrourus
Common name:   Pallid Harrier -- Witborsvleivalk
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-95078
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 95078 - photo: 1
VM-number: 95078 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   My vote would go to a sub-adult Pallid Harrier. This bird is moulting into adult plumage with the flight and tail feathers showing showing grey. The outer primaries show the black tips. Eye is already the yellow of an adult bird
Date:   2019-10-20 07:13:01
Species name:   Circus macrourus -- Pallid Harrier; Witborsvleivalk
Species code:   168
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Agree with ID.
Date:   2019-10-20 14:12:14
Species name:   Circus macrourus -- Pallid Harrier; Witborsvleivalk
Species code:   168

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