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BirdPix:   70113
Province:   other
Country:   Mali
Locus:   NW_014011AD
Observer:   Stanton Mark
Date of record:   2017-10-14
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   139
Species name:   Aquila pennatus
Common name:   Booted Eagle -- Dwergarend
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Aquila rapax?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-70113
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 70113 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Dark band on tail tip. Wings meet body at a right angle (closer to 90 degrees than a sharp 45 degrees).
Date:   2019-03-12 14:26:42
Species name:   Aquila wahlbergi -- Wahlberg's Eagle; Bruinarend
Species code:   137
Comment number:   2
By:   Cameron Meyer
Comment:   Dark morph. Short, "plump" body, "bland" undertail markings, dark greater wing coverts contrasting with lesser underwing coverts and flight feathers. Pale triangle between primaries and secondaries.
Date:   2019-06-19 15:35:22
Species name:   Aquila pennatus -- Booted Eagle; Dwergarend
Species code:   139

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