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Record details

BirdPix:   191710
Province:   Lusaka Province
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1528AD
Observer:   Vromant Nico
Date of record:   2021-10-31
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   151
Species name:   Terathopius ecaudatus
Common name:   Bateleur -- Berghaan
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Wahlberg's eagle
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-191710
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 191710 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   Short tail and shape of wings suggests that this is a Bateleur
Date:   2021-11-26 16:32:26
Species name:   Terathopius ecaudatus -- Bateleur; Berghaan
Species code:   151
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Juvenile Bateleur. Note that the wings have 5 "fingers", not 7 "fingers" like a true eagle.
Date:   2022-01-14 17:54:26
Species name:   Terathopius ecaudatus -- Bateleur; Berghaan
Species code:   151

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