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BirdPix:   13913
Province:   North West
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2527CD
Observer:   Kleiman PR
Date of record:   2014-12-27
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   850
Species name:   Vidua purpurascens
Common name:   Purple Indigobird -- Witpootblouvinkie
Family:   Viduidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Dusky Indigobird
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-13913
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 13913 - photo: 1
VM-number: 13913 - photo: 2
VM-number: 13913 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Little difference in colour between bill and legs (legs are light-pink, not red)
Date:   2017-05-17 15:23:17
Species name:   Vidua purpurascens -- Purple Indigobird; Witpootblouvinkie
Species code:   850

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