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    Spitskop Dam (28042433)

    Northern Cape

    Card 2708
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28042433Spitskop Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 1999-01-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30:00
    End time 17:20:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 58
    Total Count 14387
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High 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
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    60
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    200
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    250
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    2500
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    2190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    480
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    280
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    170
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    120
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    950
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    600
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    140
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    190
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    760
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    540
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    240
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    3210
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    29260
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1890
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    2180
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    90
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    580
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    190
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    51470
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    210
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    2050
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    210
    240Plover, Caspian
    (Charadrius asiaticus)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    3080
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    7710
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    13290
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    950
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    410
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    80
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    400
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    540
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    2680
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    170
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    10000
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    210
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)
    10
    895Sandpiper, Pectoral
    (Calidris melanotos)
    10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    2880
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:01
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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