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    Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 5576
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33582505Gamtoos River: False Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2004-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:00:00
    End time 09:15:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 54
    Total Count 4319
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    130
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    540
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    140
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    200
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    190
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    80
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    400
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    240
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    120
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    70
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    440
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    350
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    170
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    320
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    910
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    120
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    30
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    2410
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    1180
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    20
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    200
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    20
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)
    20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    370
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    50
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    170
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    1950
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    29000
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    420
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    820
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)
    410
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    280
    894Oystercatcher, Eurasian
    (Haematopus ostralegus)
    20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    500
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)
    60


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:21
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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