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BirdPix:   8184
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3324AD
Observer:   Kleiman PR
Date of record:   2014-06-02
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   There is a great debate on EC Birders as to the ID of this bird. It was briefly seen in open Karoo scrub veld where it dropped down from it's perch into the low scrub and never reappeared. So I was unable to see any rump or tail details
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   564
Species name:   Oenanthe monticola
Common name:   Mountain Chat (Wheatear) -- Bergwagter
Family:   Muscicapidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   ??? Karoo Chat
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-8184
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | Species text
VM-number: 8184 - photo: 1
VM-number: 8184 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Malcolm Robinson
Comment:   Mountain Wheatear??
Date:   2014-06-03 17:31:41
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2017-05-18 11:01:42
Species name:   Oenanthe monticola -- Mountain Chat (Wheatear); Bergwagter
Species code:   564

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