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    Mkhombo Dam (25062855)

    Mpumalanga

    Card 2425
    Compiler 608
    Location code 25062855Mkhombo Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 1998-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 14:00:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 964
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    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)
    20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    2740
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    2740
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    100
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1620
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    70
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    110
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    400
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    60
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    310
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    50
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    100
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    500
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)
    10


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    Friday 29 March 2024 10:31
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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