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BirdPix:   32785
Province:  
Country:   Zimbabwe
Locus:   1927AB
Observer:   Solomon D
Date of record:   2016-11-13
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   134
Species name:   Aquila rapax
Common name:   Tawny Eagle -- Roofarend
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Lesser Spotted Eagle
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-32785
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 32785 - photo: 1
VM-number: 32785 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   The jizz (giss) of this bird with its heavy body, massive beak and talons, and non "stove-pipe" leggings suggest a Tawny Eagle rather than a Lesser-spotted Eagle
Date:   2016-12-11 09:47:32
Species name:   Aquila rapax -- Tawny Eagle; Roofarend
Species code:   134

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