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BirdPix:   22690
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3226BB
Observer:   Webster Kate
Date of record:   2015-12-08
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   this immature female was sitting in a tree together with other birds mobbing a grass snake
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   736
Species name:   Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Common name:   Violet-backed (Plum-coloured, Amethyst) Starling -- Witborsspreeu
Family:   Sturnidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Violet-backed Starling
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-22690
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 22690 - photo: 1
VM-number: 22690 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2015-12-12 14:22:36
Species name:   Cinnyricinclus leucogaster -- Violet-backed (Plum-coloured, Amethyst) Starling; Witborsspreeu
Species code:   736

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