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BirdPix:   4226
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318DC
Observer:   Pretorius Kobus
Date of record:   2013-08-10
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Sometimes there are two of them together,this particular day it was just this one that landed in the tree after it caught a dove.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   159
Species name:   Accipiter melanoleucus
Common name:   Black Sparrowhawk (Goshawk) -- Swartsperwer
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Black Sparrowhawk
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-4226
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4226 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Jake Mulvaney
Comment:  
Date:   2013-08-18 11:43:27
Species name:   Accipiter melanoleucus -- Black Sparrowhawk (Goshawk); Swartsperwer
Species code:   159

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