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BirdPix:   3851
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2231CA
Observer:   Steen L.
Date of record:   2008-09-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   835
Species name:   Lagonosticta rhodopareia
Common name:   Jameson's Firefinch -- Jamesonse Vuurvinkie
Family:   Estrildidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African Firefinch
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-3851
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3851 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   David Kennedy
Comment:   African Firefinch should be greyer on crown and back of neck. Your bird is pretty much suffused with pink everywhere.
Date:   2013-08-19 18:17:59
Species name:   Lagonosticta rhodopareia -- Jameson's Firefinch; Jamesonse Vuurvinkie
Species code:   835

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