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BirdPix:   7737
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2531AB
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2014-03-24
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   407
Species name:   Merops [nubicus] nubicoides
Common name:   Southern Carmine Bee-eater -- Rooiborsbyvreter
Family:   Meropidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-7737
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7737 - photo: 1
VM-number: 7737 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   If you change the contrast and lighting on the image you can see the turquoise crown, black eystripe and the carmine throat. Vent pale blue, so S Carmine
Date:   2014-06-13 07:57:42
Species name:   Merops [nubicus] nubicoides -- Southern Carmine Bee-eater; Rooiborsbyvreter
Species code:   407

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