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    Lake Chemchem (03124002)

    Kenya
    Card 505861
    Compiler 10723
    Location code 3124002Lake Chemchem (Kenya)
    Start date 2000-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 3383
    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 Water levels still high after El Nino 1998.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		900
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1040
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		240
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    74Openbill, African
    (Anastomus lamelligerus)    		7310
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		220
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		10
    92Goose, African Pygmy
    (Nettapus auritus)    		1280
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		11660
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		2210
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		370
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		3410
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		210
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		3590
    230Painted-snipe, Greater
    (Rostratula benghalensis)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		140
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		320
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		180
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		110
    902Tern, Gull-billed
    (Gelochelidon nilotica)    		60
    1274Teal, Green-winged
    (Anas carolinensis)    		10


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    Wednesday 18 March 2026 02:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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