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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng
    Card 436
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 1994-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 1001
    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)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		230
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		50
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		110
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1730
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1270
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		970
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1220
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		230
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		440
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		110
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		860
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		480
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		30
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		90
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		120
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		150
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		430
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		400
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		160
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		170
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		90
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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