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BirdPix:   6826
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030DA
Observer:   Pickles A
Date of record:   2014-02-19
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   The bird was caught and ringed while catching Barn Swallows at the roost
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   10030
Species name:   Hybrid Hirundo rustica x Delichon urbica
Common name:   Hybrid Common House Martin x Barn Swallow -- Hybrid Common House Martin x Barn Swallow
Family:   Hirundinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Hybrid Barn Swallow/Common House Martin
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-6826
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 6826 - photo: 1
VM-number: 6826 - photo: 2
VM-number: 6826 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Consistent with what one would expect of a hybrid between Barn Swallow and Common House-Martin
Date:   2014-03-31 05:37:31
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2017-05-10 09:26:44
Species name:   Hybrid Hirundo rustica x Delichon urbica -- Hybrid Common House Martin x Barn Swallow; Hybrid Common House Martin x Barn Swallow
Species code:   10030

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