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    Kamfers Dam (28402446)

    Northern Cape

    Card 501435
    Compiler 2194
    Location code 28402446Kamfers Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2009-01-28
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 15:15
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 51756
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The water level was higher than normal, perhaps by about 0.5 m. The count includes an estimate of Lesser Flamingo numbers as done by Mark and Eric.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    370
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    170
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    100
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    2500
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    500000
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    220
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    330
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    160
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    90
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    250
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    1180
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1060
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    350
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    170
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    10220


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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