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BirdPix:   67671
Province:  
Country:   Tanzania
Locus:   0234AB
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2017-11-12
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   78
Species name:   Ciconia abdimii
Common name:   Abdim's Stork -- Kleinswartooievaar
Family:   Ciconiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Stork - silhouette, hard to identify
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-67671
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 67671 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   The silhouette of the top bird in the centre of the photo gives the impression of an Abdim's Stork, which occur in the area and in flocks.
Date:   2018-12-28 08:52:34
Species name:   Ciconia abdimii -- Abdim's Stork; Kleinswartooievaar
Species code:   78

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