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BirdPix:   88083
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2722AD
Observer:   Kyle Finn
Date of record:   2015-09-28
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   standing on the ground, the flew up into a nearby tree at 18h30. As we watched it flew back to the ground, then a drongo came and mobbed it. It then flew to perch on a dead tree. Shortly later the drongo landed near it
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   368
Species name:   Bubo africanus
Common name:   Spotted Eagle-Owl -- Gevlekte Ooruil
Family:   Strigidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Spotted Eagle Owl
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-88083
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 88083 - photo: 1
VM-number: 88083 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Garth Aiston
Comment:  
Date:   2019-08-16 19:37:48
Species name:   Bubo africanus -- Spotted Eagle-Owl; Gevlekte Ooruil
Species code:   368

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