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    Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area B (26212831)

    Gauteng
    Card 502144
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26212831Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area B (Gauteng)
    Start date 2010-01-31
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 348
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Blesbokspruit flooded, high water levels have dispirsed bird populations. Only approximately 75 percent of the area could be counted.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		230
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		30
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		310
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		130
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		430
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		140
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		50
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		410
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		750Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		210
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		120
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:20
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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