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    Moorddrift Dam (24152858)

    Limpopo
    Card 5865
    Compiler 268
    Location code 24152858Moorddrift Dam (Limpopo)
    Start date 2004-07-15
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 2282
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    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)    		220
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		170
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		19450
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		390
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		120
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		10
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		70
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1390
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		200
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20


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

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