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BirdPix:   4208
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2832CC
Observer:   Johnstone R A
Date of record:   2013-08-02
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   +/- 10 red-billed and +/- 100 red-headed have been at someones bird feeder for the past month
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   805
Species name:   Quelea quelea
Common name:   Red-billed Quelea -- Rooibekkwelea
Family:   Ploceidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Red-billed and Red-headed Quelea
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-4208
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4208 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   This record was split; see http://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-4207 The bird in the bottom left hand corner is Red-billed Quelea (most of the rest of Red-headed Quelea)
Date:   2013-08-08 21:44:21
Species name:   Quelea quelea -- Red-billed Quelea; Rooibekkwelea
Species code:   805

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