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Record details

BirdPix:   256052
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3228CB
Observer:   Yearsley, Gareth
Date of record:   2023-06-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   a very small bird
Last updated:   2023-07-28 11:10:23
Sp. code:   4128
Species name:   Turnix nanus
Common name:   Black-rumped Buttonquail (split) -- Swartrugkwarteltjie
Family:   Turnicidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Turnix sylvaticus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-256052
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 256052 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   With orange face and orange lines on the back.
Date:   2023-06-09 11:38:50
Species name:   Turnix nanus -- Black-rumped Buttonquail (split); Swartrugkwarteltjie
Species code:   4128

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