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    Spitskop Dam (28042433)

    Northern Cape

    Card 2293
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28042433Spitskop Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 1998-01-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:44:00
    End time 16:47:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 53
    Total Count 11462
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    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)
    110
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    230
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    510
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    1930
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    520
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    1150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    560
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    180
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    60
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    110
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    520
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    360
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    360
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    400
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    100
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    270
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    120
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    1850
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    520
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    6420
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    16280
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1870
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    630
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    330
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    320
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    60
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    100
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    600
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    61550
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    2610
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    560
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    150
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    490
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    3330
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    60
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    5870
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    100
    899Gull, Lesser Black-backed
    (Larus fuscus)
    10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    1900
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    710
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    440


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:33
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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