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BirdPix:   6873
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318DB
Observer:   Maciver M
Date of record:   2014-02-26
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   One dead tree contained hundreds of Brown-throated Martins - huge swarm of insects underneath tree and hundreds more birds flying amongst the insects,got to be at least one thousand birds.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   509
Species name:   Riparia paludicola
Common name:   Brown-throated (Plain) Martin -- Afrikaanse Oewerswael
Family:   Hirundinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Brown-throated Martins
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-6873
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 6873 - photo: 1
VM-number: 6873 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:  
Date:   2014-03-03 07:46:34
Species name:   Riparia paludicola -- Brown-throated (Plain) Martin; Afrikaanse Oewerswael
Species code:   509

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