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BirdPix:   23947
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2832AD
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2016-01-19
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Smaller terns in the fore ground.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   291
Species name:   Sterna hirundo
Common name:   Common Tern -- Gewone Sterretjie
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Common Tern
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-23947
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 23947 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   The small terns with the all black bills are Common Terns
Date:   2016-01-30 12:46:39
Species name:   Sterna hirundo -- Common Tern; Gewone Sterretjie
Species code:   291

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