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    Earlybird Dam (26552911)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 507718
    Compiler 12093
    Location code 26552911Earlybird Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2019-04-01
    Season OOther
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 1082
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		180
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		220
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		440
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		480
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		660
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		450
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1440
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		250
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		180
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		690
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		60
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		920
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		1420
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		490
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		390
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		40
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		320
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		240
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		140
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		860
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)    		10


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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