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    Platfontein Pans (28392437)

    Northern Cape
    Card 3326
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28392437Platfontein Pans (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2000-03-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 16:15:00
    End time 18:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 2829
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		60
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1050
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1010
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		220
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		1230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		300
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		530
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		210
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		9850
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		280
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		60
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2350
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1390
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		8740Possibly Breeding
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		70
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		370
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		140


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:01
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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