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BirdPix:   141693
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2620BB
Observer:   Willemse Salome
Date of record:   2020-11-26
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   134
Species name:   Aquila rapax
Common name:   Tawny Eagle -- Roofarend
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Common Buzzard
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-141693
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 141693 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Long gape points to eagle. Gape ending below the eye. Pale eye.
Date:   2020-12-09 08:19:14
Species name:   Aquila rapax -- Tawny Eagle; Roofarend
Species code:   134

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