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    Spitskop Dam (28042433)

    Northern Cape

    Card 986
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28042433Spitskop Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 1997-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00:00
    End time 13:35:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 51
    Total Count 12860
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High 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)
    90
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    230
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    410
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    1340
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    3930
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    2660
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    160
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    410
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    170
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10000
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    570
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    80
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    170
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    340
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    320
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    320
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    1150
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    150
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    1100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    5310
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    11840
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    2920
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1530
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    250
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    80
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    300
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    62790
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    1800
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    280
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    400
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    2000
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    190
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    880
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    2560
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    120
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    11280
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    120
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30
    899Gull, Lesser Black-backed
    (Larus fuscus)
    10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:35
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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