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BirdPix:   1871
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431DA
Observer:   Jessnitz V
Date of record:   2011-01-28
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   163
Species name:   Melierax metabates
Common name:   Dark Chanting-Goshawk -- Donkersingvalk
Family:   Accipitridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-1871
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1871 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Juvenile
Date:   2017-08-03 19:29:37
Species name:   Accipiter ovampensis -- Ovambo Sparrowhawk; Ovambosperwer
Species code:   157
Comment number:   2
By:   Cameron Meyer
Comment:   Bib, general feel, tail structure, cere and eye colour indicative of juvenile DCG rather than Ovambo Sparrowhawk.
Date:   2019-06-14 12:51:31
Species name:   Melierax metabates -- Dark Chanting-Goshawk; Donkersingvalk
Species code:   163

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