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BirdPix:   23863
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2929AB
Observer:   Grant Christeen
Date of record:   2016-01-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Predation observation, the Berg Adder had bitten a Black-rumped Buttonquail
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   4128
Species name:   Turnix nanus
Common name:   Black-rumped Buttonquail (split) -- Swartrugkwarteltjie
Family:   Turnicidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Black-rumped Buttonquail
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-23863
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 23863 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   A very interesting record!
Date:   2016-01-27 12:36:37
Species name:   Turnix nanus -- Black-rumped Buttonquail (split); Swartrugkwarteltjie
Species code:   4128

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