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BirdPix:   52039
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2828DA
Observer:   Brown Gary; Fiona Brown
Date of record:   2018-04-06
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-02-26 19:41:12
Sp. code:   156
Species name:   Accipiter rufiventris
Common name:   Rufous-chested (Red-breasted) Sparrowhawk -- Rooiborssperwer
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-52039
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 52039 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Grey head and barred tail
Date:   2018-04-11 06:09:13
Species name:   Falco rupicolus -- Rock Kestrel; Kransvalk
Species code:   123
Comment number:   2
By:   Ryan Matthew Tippett
Comment:   Does not look right for a kestrel. It is definitely an accipiter. I downloaded the photo and enhanced the light. It is a Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk.
Date:   2022-02-26 19:41:12
Species name:   Accipiter rufiventris -- Rufous-chested (Red-breasted) Sparrowhawk; Rooiborssperwer
Species code:   156

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