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Record details

BirdPix:   75306
Province:  
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   1922BB
Observer:   Kennedy D.; Photos courtesy of Tina Kennedy
Date of record:   2019-02-21
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Consensus in vehicle at the sighting
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   459
Species name:   Mirafra [Calendulauda] africanoides
Common name:   Fawn-coloured Lark -- Vaalbruinlewerik
Family:   Alaudidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Fawn-coloured Lark Mirafra africanoides
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-75306
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 75306 - photo: 1
VM-number: 75306 - photo: 2
VM-number: 75306 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Horizontal posture. Long legs (especially tibia). Rufous wing panel. Prominent eye-brow. Has a beautiful call, almost like a Grassbird.
Date:   2019-04-29 11:10:05
Species name:   Mirafra [Calendulauda] africanoides -- Fawn-coloured Lark; Vaalbruinlewerik
Species code:   459

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