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BirdPix:   12140
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732DA
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2014-08-09
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   250
Species name:   Gallinago nigripennis
Common name:   African (Ethiopian) Snipe -- Afrikaanse Snip
Family:   Scolopacidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African Snipe
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-12140
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 12140 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   From what I can see of this bird, it does look like a snipe, so very well could be an African Snipe
Date:   2014-11-11 07:33:25
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:  
Date:   2017-08-03 15:33:47
Species name:   Gallinago nigripennis -- African (Ethiopian) Snipe; Afrikaanse Snip
Species code:   250

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