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BirdPix:   657
Province:  
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   2023AB
Observer:   Kennedy David; Photographs; Graham Kennedy
Date of record:   2006-01-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   ...and the second....astonishingly neither I, nor my son who was taking the photograph, saw the flycatcher at all. We were some distance from the eagle, the little flycatcher clearly decided to mob it, but we remained unaware until we had downloaded what turned out to be quite a special photograph.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   682
Species name:   Terpsiphone viridis
Common name:   African Paradise-Flycatcher -- Paradysvlieevanger
Family:   Monarchidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-657
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 657 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2013-02-07 13:20:45
Species name:   Terpsiphone viridis -- African Paradise-Flycatcher; Paradysvlieevanger
Species code:   682

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