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BirdPix:   9426
Province:  
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1233BB
Observer:   Brown Gary; John Alcock
Date of record:   2014-07-05
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Birds of Malawi, a supplement to Newman's Birds of Southern Africa
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   2306
Species name:   Batis [capensis] dimorpha
Common name:   Malawi Batis
Family:   Malaconotidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   cape batis (northern race)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-9426
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9426 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9426 - photo: 2
VM-number: 9426 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Malawi Batis (Batis dimorpha) Male in 1st image is showing a white wing bar rather than the rufous that a Cape Batis would show.
Date:   2014-08-14 21:17:20
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Malawi Batis -- B. c. dimorpha not a full specie according to IOC 7.2
Date:   2017-08-04 15:25:33
Species name:   Batis [capensis] dimorpha -- Malawi Batis
Species code:   2306

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