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    Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (28381628)

    Northern Cape

    Card 2080
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28381628Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (Northern Cape)
    Start date 1997-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:15:00
    End time 15:30:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 51
    Total Count 5165
    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
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    160
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    300
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    1100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    510
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    290
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    570
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    220
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    290
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    2140
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    220
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    480
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    990
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    2590
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    90
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    530
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    2690
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    390
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    520
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    2970
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    90
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    720
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    90
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)
    40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    1130
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    610
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    1810
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    450
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    4240
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    7930
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    60
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    5100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    730
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    4450
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    3970
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    80
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    200
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    820
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    320
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    1380
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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