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BirdPix:   8548
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732CC
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2010-09-12
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   A lone bird seen on a marula tree before it flew off. Seen in burnt bushveld. Likeley attreacted to the area after a series of runaway veld fires.
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:   Melierax metabates
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-8548
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8548 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:  
Date:   2014-07-09 20:57:46
Species name:   Melierax metabates -- Dark Chanting-Goshawk; Donkersingvalk
Species code:   163

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