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    Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (28381628)

    Northern Cape

    Card 4308
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28381628Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2002-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 19:38:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 56
    Total Count 6456
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    60
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    800
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    1040
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    190
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    130
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    240
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    3640
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    120
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    10
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    250
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    560
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    2150
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    2460
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    830
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    1860
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    2120
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    650
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)
    60
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    640
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    910
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    280
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    230
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    150
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    210
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    1180
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    13940
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    11650
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    410
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    20
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    770
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    3990
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    230
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    1550
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    5050
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    210
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    1530
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    1110
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    1850
    300Tern, Damara
    (Sternula balaenarum)
    190
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    90
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    480
    932Gull, Franklin's
    (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
    10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    120


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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