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BirdPix:   65713
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2529AD
Observer:   de Vries Andries Petrus; Joey de Vries
Date of record:   2018-11-22
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Difficult!
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   145
Species name:   Circaetus cinereus
Common name:   Brown Snake-Eagle -- Bruinslangarend
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-65713
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 65713 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Brown underwing coverts contrasting with white, unbarred flight feathers (no trailing edge). Broad tail, unlike a Wahlberg's Eagle.
Date:   2018-11-25 03:32:34
Species name:   Circaetus cinereus -- Brown Snake-Eagle; Bruinslangarend
Species code:   145

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