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BirdPix:   37280
Province:   other
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1333CD
Observer:   Brown Gary
Date of record:   2017-05-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   14216
Species name:   FAMILY Cisticolidae
Common name:   Cisticolas (unidentified)
Family:   Cisticolidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-37280
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 37280 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Rufous cap, unstreaked; undertail with bold markings. Either Red-faced Cisticola (has pale lores and brown wing panels) or Singing Cisticola (has dark lores and rufous wing panels). Not quite sure which, with shadow across face and view from below.
Date:   2018-04-24 14:14:20
Species name:   FAMILY Cisticolidae -- Cisticolas (unidentified)
Species code:   14216

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