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BirdPix:   6992
Province:   North West
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2726CA
Observer:   Archer A.M.
Date of record:   2014-03-07
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   ORF
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   290
Species name:   Sterna caspia
Common name:   Caspian Tern -- Reusesterretjie
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Caspian Tern
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-6992
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 6992 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Small image, certainly of a tern. Cannot really see the large red bill well, but does look like a Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Date:   2014-03-31 05:15:48
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2017-08-08 14:23:21
Species name:   Sterna caspia -- Caspian Tern; Reusesterretjie
Species code:   290

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