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    Houdenbek Dam (33001928)

    Western Cape

    Card 9335
    Compiler 39
    Location code 33001928Houdenbek Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30:00 AM
    End time 12:20:00 PM
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 2959
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    460
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    720
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    580
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    460
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    820
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    620
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    440
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    270
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    150
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    650
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    230
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    4220
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    1420
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1310
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    550
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    190
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    350
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    90
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    140
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    8570
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    170
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    210
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    520
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    40
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    30
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    120
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    140
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    250
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    1310
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    4000


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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