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    Lake Sibaya (27213240)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 502292
    Compiler 60
    Location code 27213240Lake Sibaya (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2011-08-03
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:30
    End time 15:26
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 1374
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1140
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		2230
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		3640
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		200
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		270
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		20
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		220
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1000
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		140
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		260
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		70
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		110
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		260
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		430
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		270
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		40
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		2640
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		80


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 05:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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