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BirdPix:   17563
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930DD
Observer:   Jackson Mike
Date of record:   2015-04-16
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   First and only very dark melanistic form we have seen outside our place. (Rare for Durban???)
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-17563
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17563 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:  
Date:   2015-05-14 05:55:31
Species name:   Accipiter melanoleucus -- Black Sparrowhawk (Goshawk); Swartsperwer
Species code:   159

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