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    Korsman Bird Sanctuary (26112818)

    Gauteng
    Card 1929
    Compiler 79
    Location code 26112818Korsman Bird Sanctuary (Gauteng)
    Start date 2006-09-03
    Season OOther
    Start time 14:10:00
    End time 18:20:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 1205
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Grey-headed Gulls and Glossy Ibieses flying in and out of reeds made accurate count difficult.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		200
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		280
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1620
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		190
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		290
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		171Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		50
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		270
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		80
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		151Confirmed Breeding
    211Moorhen, Lesser
    (Paragallinula angulata)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2386Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		120
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		5540
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		40


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