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BirdPix:   518
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2231AC
Observer:   Kennedy David; Photos by Dave
Date of record:   2012-01-05
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Apologies for oicture quality - the bird was at the absolute limit of our cameras' capabilities. The bird was singing vigorously and continuously, a rapidly-repeated three-note call delivered at a cadence not unlike the repetitive drumming of three fingers on a wooden desktop.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   615
Species name:   Calamonastes stierlingi
Common name:   Stierling's Wren-Warbler -- Stierlingse Sanger
Family:   Cisticolidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-518
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 518 - photo: 1
VM-number: 518 - photo: 2
VM-number: 518 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Jason Kyle Boyce
Comment:  
Date:   2012-09-23 13:54:37
Species name:   Calamonastes stierlingi -- Stierling's Wren-Warbler; Stierlingse Sanger
Species code:   615

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