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BirdPix:   1682
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318AA
Observer:   Bull Graham
Date of record:   2013-03-23
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   No other terns were in the vicinity. Very pale tern with more or less the same colouring as a sandwich
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   291
Species name:   Sterna hirundo
Common name:   Common Tern -- Gewone Sterretjie
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Tern (roseate ???)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-1682
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1682 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1682 - photo: 2
VM-number: 1682 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Rene Navarro
Comment:  
Date:   2014-01-22 16:27:13
Species name:   Sterna hirundo -- Common Tern; Gewone Sterretjie
Species code:   291

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