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BirdPix:   197196
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3130AA
Observer:   Steen L.
Date of record:   2021-11-30
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   #3 typical behaviour in the habitat, clambering up the vegetation
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   208
Species name:   Porphyrio madagascariensis
Common name:   African Purple (Purple) Swamphen (Gallinule) -- Grootkoningriethaan
Family:   Rallidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Allen's Gallinule
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-197196
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 197196 - photo: 1
VM-number: 197196 - photo: 2
VM-number: 197196 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2021-12-18 08:15:39
Species name:   Porphyrio madagascariensis -- African Purple (Purple) Swamphen (Gallinule); Grootkoningriethaan
Species code:   208

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