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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 501427
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2009-07-19
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:10
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 2747
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Saltpans full. Adjacent vleis dry or with little water & drying after some rain late June.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    7650
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    900
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    250
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    1260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    4480
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    1070
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    100
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    130
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    870
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    630
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    5550
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)
    20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    30
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    41Confirmed Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    300
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    420
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    390
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    1370
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    330
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    130
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    120
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    350
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    450


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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