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    Spitskop Dam (28042433)

    Northern Cape

    Card 4877
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28042433Spitskop Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2003-02-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:11:00
    End time 18:15:00
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 61
    Total Count 26380
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    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
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    3760
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    170
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    330
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    6090
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    1090
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    560
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    210
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    60
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    620
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    470
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    280
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    2360
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    3210
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    150
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    290
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    380
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    1290
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    3120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    6170
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    9600
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    710
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    2000
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    300
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    160
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    60
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    10
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    440
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    160
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    2690
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    179280
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    350
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    2690
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    60
    240Plover, Caspian
    (Charadrius asiaticus)
    50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    1670
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    140
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    6600
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    8130
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    4800
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    140
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    210
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    1120
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    1200
    271Phalarope, Red
    (Phalaropus fulicarius)
    10
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    1290
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    4420
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    3210
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    530
    899Gull, Lesser Black-backed
    (Larus fuscus)
    20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    770
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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