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Record details

BirdPix:   99425
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627BB
Observer:   Kleynhans Evert Philippus Jacobus
Date of record:   2019-12-18
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Large bird of prey, at first I though it was one of the resident Verraux's eagles before zooming in with the camera.
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   146
Species name:   Circaetus [gallicus] pectoralis
Common name:   Black-chested (Breasted) Snake-Eagle -- Swartborsslangarend
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-99425
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 99425 - photo: 1
VM-number: 99425 - photo: 2
VM-number: 99425 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Cameron Meyer
Comment:  
Date:   2019-12-18 17:32:32
Species name:   Circaetus [gallicus] pectoralis -- Black-chested (Breasted) Snake-Eagle; Swartborsslangarend
Species code:   146

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