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BirdPix:   13734
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2828DB
Observer:   McCutcheon Ian
Date of record:   2014-12-29
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Smallish sparrowhawk, that had a cuckoo-like appearance, and flight. Size: slightly larger than red-chested cuckoo. Possible juvenile Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk? or juvenile of other sparrowhak sp?
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   156
Species name:   Accipiter rufiventris
Common name:   Rufous-chested (Red-breasted) Sparrowhawk -- Rooiborssperwer
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-13734
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 13734 - photo: 1
VM-number: 13734 - photo: 2
VM-number: 13734 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Cameron Meyer
Comment:  
Date:   2017-07-16 09:40:33
Species name:   Accipiter rufiventris -- Rufous-chested (Red-breasted) Sparrowhawk; Rooiborssperwer
Species code:   156

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