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BirdPix:   7700
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2628AC
Observer:   Heyns J
Date of record:   2012-09-24
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-06-30 13:49:29
Sp. code:   208
Species name:   Porphyrio madagascariensis
Common name:   African Purple (Purple) Swamphen (Gallinule) -- Grootkoningriethaan
Family:   Rallidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African Purple Swamphen -- Porphyrio madagascariensis
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-7700
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7700 - photo: 1
VM-number: 7700 - photo: 2
VM-number: 7700 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2014-05-04 09:47:56
Species name:   Porphyrio madagascariensis -- African Purple (Purple) Swamphen (Gallinule); Grootkoningriethaan
Species code:   208

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