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    Lake St Lucia (28043227)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 297
    Compiler 60
    Location code 28043227Lake St Lucia (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1994-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:15:00
    End time 13:30:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 68
    Total Count 3311
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    250
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    130
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    690
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    370
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    710
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    1390
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    750
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1030
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    70
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    160
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    30
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
    20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    870
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    980
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    300
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    1490
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    250
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    3390
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    650
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    180
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    200
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    680
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    590
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    240
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    1840
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    2240
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    1200
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)
    10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    480
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    240
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    920
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    80
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)
    10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    220
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    150
    281Pratincole, Collared
    (Glareola pratincola)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    980
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    2710
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    280
    297Tern, Lesser Crested
    (Thalasseus bengalensis)
    10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    720
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)
    1130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    290
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    60
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    1640
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    1510


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    Thursday 28 March 2024 03:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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