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BirdPix:   17876
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2829DC
Observer:   Rimmer D
Date of record:   2015-03-02
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-03-14 15:18:12
Sp. code:   911
Species name:   Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Common name:   Common Reed Warbler -- Hermanse Rietsanger
Family:   Sylviidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   ID unknown, possibly a juvenile African Reed Warbler
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-17876
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17876 - photo: 1
VM-number: 17876 - photo: 2
VM-number: 17876 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Looks like an African Reed-Warbler
Date:   2015-06-02 22:23:31
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Agree. With indistinct eye-brow and black line in front of eye
Date:   2017-11-02 22:15:30
Species name:   Acrocephalus baeticatus -- African (African Marsh-Warbler) Reed-Warbler; Kleinrietsanger
Species code:   606
Comment number:   3
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Acrocephalus baeticatus (African Reed-Warbler or African Marsh-Warbler) merged with Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Common Reed Warbler)
Date:   2023-03-14 15:18:12
Species name:   Acrocephalus scirpaceus -- Common Reed Warbler; Hermanse Rietsanger
Species code:   911

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