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    Muzi Pan (27243237)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 505090
    Compiler 60
    Location code 27243237Muzi Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2014-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:20
    End time 12:05
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1179
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 6 illegal gill nets were observed and were reported on. There is increasing cultivation on the western shores of the pan. There have been reports of poisoining of water birds.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		90
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		810Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		2410Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		550
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		760Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2870Probably Breeding
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		30
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		210
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		350
    92Goose, African Pygmy
    (Nettapus auritus)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		370
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		2800
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		510
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		130
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		750
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		120
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		60
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		460
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		60


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 02:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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