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BirdPix:   23343
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2929CD
Observer:   Kleiman PR
Date of record:   2015-12-28
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   At approx 2000 mtrs in sloping grass veld. Shortish tail without white outer feathers
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   928
Species name:   Anthus hoeschi
Common name:   Mountain Pipit -- Bergkoester
Family:   Motacillidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Mountain Pipit
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-23343
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 23343 - photo: 1
VM-number: 23343 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Pinkish lower mandible, streaked back, clear marks on the face and upper breast
Date:   2017-10-24 09:27:58
Species name:   Anthus hoeschi -- Mountain Pipit; Bergkoester
Species code:   928

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