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BirdPix:   21768
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2823CD
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2007-06-20
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Collection of Dept. Zoology & Entomology, UFS.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   1183
Species name:   Mirafra fasciolata
Common name:   Eastern Clapper Lark (split) -- Hoeveldklappertjie
Family:   Alaudidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Fawn-coloured Lark
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-21768
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 21768 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2015-11-17 09:37:21
Species name:   Mirafra [Calendulauda] africanoides -- Fawn-coloured Lark; Vaalbruinlewerik
Species code:   459
Comment number:   2
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   Rick Nuttall comments: "This is an Eastern Clapper Lark. Fawn-coloured is a 'two-tone' bird - almost chestnut above & 'clean' white below."
Date:   2019-01-23 10:20:51
Species name:   Mirafra fasciolata -- Eastern Clapper Lark (split); Hoeveldklappertjie
Species code:   1183

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