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BirdPix:   25039
Province:   Central Province
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   2025CA
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2016-03-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Grassy plains. Aggressive towards, and potentially preyed upon by Otocyon megalotis (Canidae).
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   242
Species name:   Vanellus coronatus
Common name:   Crowned Lapwing (Plover) -- Kroonkiewiet
Family:   Charadriidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Vanellus coronatus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-25039
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 25039 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Do appear to be Crowned Lapwings at left centre
Date:   2016-03-22 06:29:02
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2017-06-11 18:19:09
Species name:   Vanellus coronatus -- Crowned Lapwing (Plover); Kroonkiewiet
Species code:   242

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