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BirdPix:   63908
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2629AC
Observer:   Adams Michael; Mike Adams; Martinus Erasmus; Lindi Steyn; The Biodiversity Company
Date of record:   2018-07-25
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   211
Species name:   Gallinula angulata
Common name:   Lesser Moorhen -- Kleinwaterhoender
Family:   Rallidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Bird
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-63908
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 63908 - photo: 1
VM-number: 63908 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Data for Month recorded and Day recorded do not match the date on the photos. Appears to be a Lesser Moorhen, which is a summer visitor from around November. Strange record for Secunda in October.
Date:   2018-11-15 20:36:19
Species name:   Gallinula angulata -- Lesser Moorhen; Kleinwaterhoender
Species code:   211

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