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BirdPix:   2045
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318AA
Observer:   Bull Graham
Date of record:   2013-04-14
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   241
Species name:   Pluvialis squatarola
Common name:   Grey (Black-bellied) Plover -- Grysstrandkiewiet
Family:   Charadriidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Grey Plover
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-2045
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2045 - photo: 1
VM-number: 2045 - photo: 2
VM-number: 2045 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   Judging by the intensity of the breeding plumage this is probably a male. The profile shows a lot of fat deposit on chest and belly. On 15 April it must be within days of heading off on migration northwards. Mostly likely breeding area is northern Siberia, in the tundra.
Date:   2013-04-16 06:35:32
Species name:   Pluvialis squatarola -- Grey (Black-bellied) Plover; Grysstrandkiewiet
Species code:   241
Comment number:   2
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   Judging by the intensity of the breeding plumage this is probably a male. The profile shows a lot of fat deposit on chest and belly. On 15 April it must be within days of heading off on migration northwards. Mostly likely breeding area is northern Siberia, in the tundra.
Date:   2013-04-16 06:35:54
Species name:   Pluvialis squatarola -- Grey (Black-bellied) Plover; Grysstrandkiewiet
Species code:   241

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