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BirdPix:   7034
Province:  
Country:   eSwatini
Locus:   2631AB
Observer:   Brown Gary; Fiona Brown
Date of record:   2008-11-26
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   87
Species name:   Phoenicopterus minor
Common name:   Lesser Flamingo -- Kleinflamink
Family:   Phoenicopteridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Flamingo
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-7034
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7034 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Look like Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) as the bills appear all dark. Would expect to see some variation on bill colour for Greater Flamingo.
Date:   2014-03-19 07:51:56
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2014-03-19 16:40:33
Species name:   Phoenicopterus minor -- Lesser Flamingo; Kleinflamink
Species code:   87

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