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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 3541
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2000-06-25
    Season WWinter
    Start time 12:15:00
    End time 14:10:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1432
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		2860
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		390
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		780
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		130
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		2610
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1031Confirmed Breeding
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		80
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		400
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		240
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		121Confirmed Breeding
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2100
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		190
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		9412Confirmed Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		240
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		11940Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		300


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    Wednesday 14 January 2026 12:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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