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BirdPix:   185286
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2531AD
Observer:   Daniel Karis
Date of record:   2021-09-06
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   160
Species name:   Accipiter tachiro
Common name:   African Goshawk (incl. Red-chested) -- Afrikaanse Sperwer
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African Goshawk?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-185286
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 185286 - photo: 1
VM-number: 185286 - photo: 2
VM-number: 185286 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   I would go along with your ID of an immature Af Gos. A really beautiful bird showing an amazing amount of white!
Date:   2021-09-29 11:15:09
Species name:   Accipiter tachiro -- African Goshawk (incl. Red-chested); Afrikaanse Sperwer
Species code:   160
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Note the grey cere.
Date:   2021-12-19 18:27:11
Species name:   Accipiter tachiro -- African Goshawk (incl. Red-chested); Afrikaanse Sperwer
Species code:   160

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