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    Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (28381628)

    Northern Cape

    Card 6300
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28381628Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2005-02-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:50:00
    End time 17:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 57
    Total Count 6167
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid 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
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    240
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    3950
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    1640
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    110
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    1100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    960
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    410
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    1180
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    740
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    320
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    140
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    2580
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    2340
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    360
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    360
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    1610
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    50
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    180
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    700
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    20
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)
    240
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    550
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    290
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    1250
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    870
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    6400
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    7990
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    1260
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    160
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    90
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    2160
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    180
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    2620
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    1270
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    130
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    550
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    5660
    300Tern, Damara
    (Sternula balaenarum)
    40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    140
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    130
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    200
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    3960
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    6000


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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