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BirdPix:   166628
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2729BB
Observer:   Fincham J.E.
Date of record:   2021-03-18
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Located by professional bird guide Norman Mncube
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   472
Species name:   Spizocorys fringillaris
Common name:   Botha's Lark -- Vaalrivierlewerik
Family:   Alaudidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Botha's Lark
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-166628
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 166628 - photo: 1
VM-number: 166628 - photo: 2
VM-number: 166628 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   ID confirmed by Trevor Hardaker. Comments from Warwick Tarboton: your photo is Botha's Lark - the race of Pink-billed that you get around Wakkerstroom has dark, almost cinnamon-coloured underparts... Botha's are always present there whereas Pink-billed Lark seems to come and go
Date:   2021-05-05 07:52:43
Species name:   Spizocorys fringillaris -- Botha's Lark; Vaalrivierlewerik
Species code:   472

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