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BirdPix:   6730
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3422AB
Observer:   Adams Robert
Date of record:   2013-10-05
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   flying in circular patterns with another eagle (its partner?)
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   152
Species name:   Buteo [augur] rufofuscus
Common name:   Jackal Buzzard -- Rooiborsjakkalsvoel
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Verreaux Eagle (Black Eagle)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-6730
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 6730 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Rufous (short) tail, rufous on breast. White on secondaries as well, Verreaux's has white on the primaries.
Date:   2014-02-10 06:56:35
Species name:   Buteo [augur] rufofuscus -- Jackal Buzzard; Rooiborsjakkalsvoel
Species code:   152

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