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BirdPix:   109158
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930AD
Observer:   Wilson C
Date of record:   2020-04-10
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   114
Species name:   Falco biarmicus
Common name:   Lanner Falcon -- Edelvalk
Family:   Falconidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African Marsh Harrier
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-109158
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 109158 - photo: 1
VM-number: 109158 - photo: 2
VM-number: 109158 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   First and third photos look like a Lanner Falcon.
Date:   2020-04-17 03:57:28
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Agree with Lanner Falcon : pointed wings with dark tips (unlike a Marsh-harrier), moustache, underparts appearing plain (unlike a Peregrine Falcon).
Date:   2020-04-18 15:13:00
Species name:   Falco biarmicus -- Lanner Falcon; Edelvalk
Species code:   114

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