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    Knysna Lagoon (34032302)

    Western Cape
    Card 2000
    Compiler 392
    Location code 34032302Knysna Lagoon (Western Cape)
    Start date 1997-07-19
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:45:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 2264
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low 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
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		140
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		410
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		2740
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		3840
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		480
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1590
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		250
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1280
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		150
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		240
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1020
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		270
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		60
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		520
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		110
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		380
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		530
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		430
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		700
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		460
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		570
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		4000
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		350
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		220
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20


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

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