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    Spitskop Dam (28042433)

    Northern Cape

    Card 3334
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28042433Spitskop Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2000-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:40:00
    End time 17:25:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 58
    Total Count 7115
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    210
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    2520
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    1540
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    730
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    240
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    250
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    180
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    8070
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    260
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    400
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    400
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    4580
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    580
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    330
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    8390
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    4210
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
    10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    2860
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    400
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    110
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    60
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    60
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)
    20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    90
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    6370
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    540
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    1910
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    2520
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    900
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    4890
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    1910
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    50
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    2300
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    160
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    7120
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    140
    899Gull, Lesser Black-backed
    (Larus fuscus)
    10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    5000
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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