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BirdPix:   5441
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3226BB
Observer:   Webster K.
Date of record:   2013-11-02
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   these two birds were openly foraging in a river that runs through Rookwood - first time ever recorded for this farm
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   69
Species name:   Nycticorax nycticorax
Common name:   Black-crowned Night-Heron -- Gewone Nagreier
Family:   Ardeidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   White-backed night heron
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-5441
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5441 - photo: 1
VM-number: 5441 - photo: 2
VM-number: 5441 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:  
Date:   2013-11-27 21:28:36
Species name:   Nycticorax nycticorax -- Black-crowned Night-Heron; Gewone Nagreier
Species code:   69

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