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BirdPix:   161063
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2824AB
Observer:   Putter
Date of record:   2021-02-27
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-03-11 14:29:26
Sp. code:   42
Species name:   Pelecanus onocrotalus
Common name:   Great White Pelican -- Witpelikaan
Family:   Pelecanidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Klei pelikaan
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-161063
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 161063 - photo: 1
VM-number: 161063 - photo: 2
VM-number: 161063 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Black (not grey) flight feathers. Curved lower mandible.
Date:   2021-03-26 17:35:39
Species name:   Pelecanus onocrotalus -- Great White Pelican; Witpelikaan
Species code:   42

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