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BirdPix:   13434
Province:  
Country:   Tanzania
Locus:   0639BC
Observer:   Brown Gary; Fiona Brown
Date of record:   2014-12-28
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   2188
Species name:   Egretta dimorpha
Common name:   Dimorphic (Mascarene Reef-) Egret
Family:   Ardeidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   little egret
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-13434
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 13434 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   Dimorphic Egret (Egretta dimorpha) White morph
Date:   2015-01-06 14:31:46
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   Colin Jackson, A Rocha, Kenya: "with that shape bill and habitat, it's Dimorphic. Though the latest thoughts from taxonomists here are suggesting that really it is one species and two races. There isn't really enough evidence to split them." (email 16/7/2017)
Date:   2017-07-16 07:03:03
Species name:   Egretta dimorpha -- Dimorphic (Mascarene Reef-) Egret
Species code:   2188

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