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    Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (28381628)

    Northern Cape

    Card 2702
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28381628Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (Northern Cape)
    Start date 1999-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:45:00
    End time 15:18:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 60
    Total Count 6999
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid 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
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    370
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    260
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    1340
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    890
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    9840
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    350
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    910
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1970
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    310
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    560
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    380
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    2160
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1060
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    1400
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    3700
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    520
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    4700
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    220
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    530
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    590
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    260
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    210
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    560
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    1390
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    5120
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    2110
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    90
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    420
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    590
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    620
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    2940
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    570
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    2940
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    7070
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    100
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    8640
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    1120
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    300
    300Tern, Damara
    (Sternula balaenarum)
    580
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    170
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    340
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    440
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    640


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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