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BirdPix:   26162
Province:  
Country:   Kenya
Locus:   0439BC
Observer:   Cronje Pieter
Date of record:   2016-04-28
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   297
Species name:   Sterna bengalensis
Common name:   Lesser Crested Tern -- Kuifkopsterretjie
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-26162
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 26162 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Less black on outer primaries than Swift (Greater Crested) Tern. Orange bill (straight, not drooping).
Date:   2017-09-12 18:15:30
Species name:   Sterna bengalensis -- Lesser Crested Tern; Kuifkopsterretjie
Species code:   297

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