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    Limpopo River: Kruger / Maluleke (22203109)

    Limpopo
    Card 500143
    Compiler 10121
    Location code 22203109Limpopo River: Kruger / Maluleke (Limpopo)
    Start date 2008-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 25
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 77
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The river was very full, flowing strongly from bank to bank. Access was restricted by flooded and washed away roads, therewere very few sandbanks in the river that ussually hold birds as a result very few birds were counted. Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B. de Boer
     
    0C. Kaplan
     
    0D. Mostert
     
    0K. Ravno
     
    0L. van Groenengin
     
    0N. Perrins
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		100
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		70
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		180
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Thursday 08 January 2026 07:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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