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BirdPix:   23450
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CA
Observer:   Viljoen Ignatius Michael
Date of record:   2016-01-10
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   FH26206 Classified as juvenile due to soft yellow gape and yellow flecks on bill. Additionally when compared to adult(photo two on left) the juvenile (on right) had a softer outline to secondaries, pointier tail feathers, and brader light band around secondaries.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   4142
Species name:   Passer diffusus
Common name:   Southern Greyheaded Sparrow (split) -- Gryskopmossie
Family:   Passeridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Southern Grey-headed sparrow
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-23450
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 23450 - photo: 1
VM-number: 23450 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2016-01-11 06:00:30
Species name:   Passer diffusus -- Southern Greyheaded Sparrow (split); Gryskopmossie
Species code:   4142

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