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BirdPix:   2901
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3423AB
Observer:   Kennedy David
Date of record:   2007-09-09
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   231
Species name:   Haematopus moquini
Common name:   African Black Oystercatcher -- Swarttobie
Family:   Haematopodidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-2901
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 2901 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2013-11-28 16:10:58
Species name:   Haematopus moquini -- African Black Oystercatcher; Swarttobie
Species code:   231
Comment number:   2
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   The moult protocal of the flying osytercatcher is 5^9 3, ie nine new primaries and the 10th half grown
Date:   2020-07-21 10:50:38
Species name:   Haematopus moquini -- African Black Oystercatcher; Swarttobie
Species code:   231
Comment number:   3
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   The decimal degrees coordinates are correct
Date:   2020-07-21 10:57:21
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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