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BirdPix:   5356
Province:  
Country:   Zimbabwe
Locus:   1731CA
Observer:   Brightman Mark Adrian Howe
Date of record:   2013-11-15
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   The bird was almost trampled upon - reluctant to fly, rather relying on its camouflage in the hopes of escaping detection. The closer the observer got to the bird, the more it closed its eye.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   374
Species name:   Caprimulgus tristigma
Common name:   Freckled Nightjar -- Donkernaguil
Family:   Caprimulgidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Freckled Nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-5356
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5356 - photo: 1
VM-number: 5356 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   David Kennedy
Comment:   The lack of pattern on the wings of cheeks would support Freckled Nightjar.
Date:   2013-11-21 16:31:49
Species name:   Caprimulgus tristigma -- Freckled Nightjar; Donkernaguil
Species code:   374

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