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BirdPix:   3900
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2831BB
Observer:   Robinson D.M
Date of record:   2013-07-24
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Was initially sitting in a knob-thorn tree, then flew off some thirty metres onto her nest in another knob-thorn. The chirping of young chick(s?) could be distinctly heard.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   134
Species name:   Aquila rapax
Common name:   Tawny Eagle -- Roofarend
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Tawny Eagle
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-3900
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3900 - photo: 1
VM-number: 3900 - photo: 2
VM-number: 3900 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   David Kennedy
Comment:  
Date:   2013-08-19 17:07:43
Species name:   Aquila rapax -- Tawny Eagle; Roofarend
Species code:   134

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