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BirdPix:   1351
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2420CC
Observer:   Harwood Guy
Date of record:   2012-12-23
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   129
Species name:   Milvus aegyptius
Common name:   Yellow-billed Kite -- Geelbekwou
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-1351
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1351 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Looks like juv. Yellow-billed Kite, would expect juv. Black Kite to be more streaked on head and throat
Date:   2013-11-30 20:38:45
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Walter Jubber
Comment:   Juvenile Milvus parasitus
Date:   2014-11-14 18:49:38
Species name:   Milvus aegyptius -- Yellow-billed Kite; Geelbekwou
Species code:   129

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