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BirdPix:   8474
Province:  
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1233BB
Observer:   Brown Gary; Fiona Brown
Date of record:   2014-07-03
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   694
Species name:   Anthus leucophrys
Common name:   Plain-backed Pipit -- Donkerkoester
Family:   Motacillidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   sabota lark
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-8474
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8474 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Certainly a Pipit, breast does not very streaked and back and mantle look fairly unmarked, so I would go with Buffy or Plain-backed, even though the facial markings look a little bold.
Date:   2014-07-15 07:22:36
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Yellow base to the bill
Date:   2017-08-07 12:01:47
Species name:   Anthus leucophrys -- Plain-backed Pipit; Donkerkoester
Species code:   694

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