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BirdPix:   12796
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528BA
Observer:   McCutcheon Ian
Date of record:   2013-12-08
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Possibly Willow warbler?
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   604
Species name:   Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Common name:   Lesser Swamp- (Cape Reed) Warbler -- Kaapse Rietsanger
Family:   Sylviidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Warbler
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-12796
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 12796 - photo: 1
VM-number: 12796 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Looks like a Lesser Swamp-Warbler, but legs look too lightly coloured. It is an immature (yellow on bill) so this may explain the leg colour.
Date:   2014-12-23 06:21:32
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Roundish head and distinct eye-brow
Date:   2017-08-03 12:24:53
Species name:   Acrocephalus gracilirostris -- Lesser Swamp- (Cape Reed) Warbler; Kaapse Rietsanger
Species code:   604

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