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    Spitskop Dam (28042433)

    Northern Cape

    Card 5422
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28042433Spitskop Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2003-08-21
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:51:00
    End time 16:38:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 57
    Total Count 14599
    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 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    1020
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    8070
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    1240
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    14180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    900
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    270
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    200
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    30
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    220
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    450
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    3640
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    10160
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    410
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1320
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1090
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    350
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    460
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    240
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    400
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    1110
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    130
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    220
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    2160
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    85250
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    100
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    1470
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    490
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    760
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    80
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    580
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    970
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    220
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    90
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    180
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    1160
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    80
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    130
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    2310
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    120
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    2370
    899Gull, Lesser Black-backed
    (Larus fuscus)
    10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    860


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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