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    Spitskop Dam (28042433)

    Northern Cape
    Card 6272
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28042433Spitskop Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2005-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:34:00
    End time 14:15:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 63
    Total Count 14955
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		190
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		3490Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		1190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		320Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		190Confirmed Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		250
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40Possibly Breeding
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		560Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		290Probably Breeding
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		160
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		3650Probably Breeding
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		1690
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		160
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		260
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		430
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		400
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3300
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		610
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		1030
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		540
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		360
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		470
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		670
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		71590
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		440
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		2600
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    240Plover, Caspian
    (Charadrius asiaticus)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1480
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		290
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		5630
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		3320
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		12820
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		400
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		160
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		380
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		450
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		910
    281Pratincole, Collared
    (Glareola pratincola)    		10
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		210
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1520
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		360
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		24980
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		460
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		280
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		370


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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