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    Lake Sibaya (27213240)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 539
    Compiler 13
    Location code 27213240Lake Sibaya (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1995-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 15:15:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 1318
    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)    		420
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		3880
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2790
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		400
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		460
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		250
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		120
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		140
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		140
    92Goose, African Pygmy
    (Nettapus auritus)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		190
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		310
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		180
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		150
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		210
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		160
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		370
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		760
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		270
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1100


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