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BirdPix:   105657
Province:  
Country:   Tanzania
Locus:   0336BB
Observer:   Harries A; Geoff Harries
Date of record:   2007-01-20
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   649
Species name:   Prinia subflava
Common name:   Tawny-flanked Prinia -- Bruinsylangstertjie
Family:   Cisticolidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-105657
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 105657 - photo: 1
VM-number: 105657 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Looks like a Pale Prinia, which is quite out of range in Tanzania...
Date:   2020-03-01 19:53:39
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Colin Jackson
Comment:   I think there's enough buff in the underparts and lack of cold white for it to in fact be a Tawny-flanked. We have caught subflava in southern Tsavo which are very pale underneath.
Date:   2020-04-15 08:10:36
Species name:   Prinia subflava -- Tawny-flanked Prinia; Bruinsylangstertjie
Species code:   649
Comment number:   3
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2020-04-15 09:07:25
Species name:   Prinia subflava -- Tawny-flanked Prinia; Bruinsylangstertjie
Species code:   649

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