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BirdPix:   12010
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2632DD
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2013-10-24
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   A non breeding adult seen alone foraging over shallow water close to the traditional fish kraals. It later settled on the sand bank close to a group of grey-headed gulls.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   902
Species name:   Sterna nilotica
Common name:   Gull-billed Tern -- Oostelike Sterretjie
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Gull-billed Tern
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-12010
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 12010 - photo: 1
VM-number: 12010 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Also posted in "SA Rare Bird News" report of 31 October 2013
Date:   2017-08-16 09:43:24
Species name:   Sterna nilotica -- Gull-billed Tern; Oostelike Sterretjie
Species code:   902

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