Template:Did you know nominations/Bearded scrub robin


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:35, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Bearded scrub robin

 * ... that the bearded scrub robin (pictured) disappeared from Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve after tsetse deterrent was sprayed in the reserve in the 1940s, but recolonised the area by 1975? Source: "Range may currently be expanding in some areas, e.g. ... re-colonised Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, by 1975, after the reserve was sprayed for tsetse deterrent in 1940s ..." page 356 of Robins and Chats
 * Reviewed: Pel's flying squirrel

5x expanded by Gulumeemee (talk). Self-nominated at 06:05, 4 December 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Expansion, date, hook checks out. Close paraphrase not found. Image on Commons. QPQ done. --Soman (talk) 04:22, 5 December 2016 (UTC)