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    Lake Sibaya (27213240)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 506308
    Compiler 60
    Location code 27213240Lake Sibaya (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2016-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:58
    End time 12:35
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 47
    Total Count 1653
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The western arm and half the southern main body of the lake was counted due to wind and low fuel.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Mantengu
     
    0Senzo
     
    0T Nkosi
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1490
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1430
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		5000
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		300
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		170
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		310
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1300
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		110
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		140
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		770
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		360
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1190
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		620
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		60
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		200
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		290
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		310
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		180
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		90
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		410
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		210
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		350
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		60
    893Gallinule, Purple
    (Porphyrio martinica)    		30
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		190
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		130
    10011Heron, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		40
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		90


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    Thursday 02 May 2024 06:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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