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    Spitskop Dam (28042433)

    Northern Cape

    Card 504233
    Compiler 2194
    Location code 28042433Spitskop Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2010-08-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:20
    End time 16:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 54
    Total Count 15156
    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
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    90
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    50
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    1120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    1070
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    1650
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    550
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    290
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    170
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    50
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    180
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    8160
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    9860
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    2560
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    2440
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1770
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    470
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    570
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    1410
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    111230
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    80
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    830
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    280
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    760
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    110
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    520
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    280
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    210
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    290
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    180
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    1420
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    1070
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    120
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    150


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:35
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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