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BirdPix:   165738
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3129BC
Observer:   Willemse Salome
Date of record:   2021-04-17
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   8
Species name:   Thalassarche melanophris
Common name:   Black-browed Albatross (Mollymawk) -- Swartrugalbatros
Family:   Diomedeidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Wandering Albatros?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-165738
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 165738 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Top left bird... Marginal wing coverts with distinct, fairly broad black border, unlike Wandering Albatross. Inner area of wing tip showing a large black patch, unlike Wandering Albatross and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross.
Date:   2021-05-14 12:22:16
Species name:   Thalassarche melanophris -- Black-browed Albatross (Mollymawk); Swartrugalbatros
Species code:   8

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