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    Zwartkops River Estuary (33522538)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 167
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33522538Zwartkops River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1993-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:30:00
    End time 14:15:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1337
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		410
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		630
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		750
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		860
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		380
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		390
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		390
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		1260
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		330
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		530
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		180
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		1010
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		4970
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		70
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		300
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		200
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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