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BirdPix:   5359
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2626DD
Observer:   Archer A.M.
Date of record:   2013-11-14
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   385
Species name:   Apus affinis
Common name:   Little Swift -- Kleinwindswael
Family:   Apodidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Horus Swift
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-5359
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5359 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   David Kennedy
Comment:   The tail is very square, with little sign of a fork. This would favour Little Swift. Would lke a second opinion on this one
Date:   2013-11-21 16:26:59
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Agree. And edges of the top of the white rump end in straight lines (not curved as for Horus Swift)
Date:   2017-10-17 12:26:15
Species name:   Apus affinis -- Little Swift; Kleinwindswael
Species code:   385

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