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BirdPix:   6986
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318DC
Observer:   Prinsloo Frieda; Jan Prinsloo
Date of record:   2014-03-16
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Maybe a record for biggest fish caught here by a purple Heron
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   57
Species name:   Ardea purpurea
Common name:   Purple Heron -- Rooireier
Family:   Ardeidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Purple Heron
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-6986
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 6986 - photo: 1
VM-number: 6986 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:  
Date:   2014-03-17 07:42:56
Species name:   Ardea purpurea -- Purple Heron; Rooireier
Species code:   57

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