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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng
    Card 190
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 1993-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 1617
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		100
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		2030
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		130
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1320
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		300
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		190
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		150
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		670
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1560
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		340
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2590
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1500
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		130
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		670
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		790
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		130
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		90
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		360
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		450
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		790
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		660
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		60
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		160
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		320
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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