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BirdPix:   9028
Province:   Fianarantsoa
Country:   Madagascar
Locus:   2246BB
Observer:   de Beer Len
Date of record:   2005-12-24
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:   Humblots heron
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-9028
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9028 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Looks more like a Dimorphic Egret (Egretta dimorpha), bill more slender than heavy as per Humblot's, also appears to have a yellow base or cere as per Dimorphic.
Date:   2014-07-26 20:15:21
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Black bill; black legs with yellow toes
Date:   2017-08-13 15:17:27
Species name:   Egretta dimorpha -- Dimorphic (Mascarene Reef-) Egret
Species code:   2188

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