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    Spitskop Dam (28042433)

    Northern Cape

    Card 8113
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28042433Spitskop Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2006-01-31
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:20:00
    End time 18:49:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 65
    Total Count 9871
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)
    20
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    190
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    1670
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    820
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    410
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    260
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    200
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    5430
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    880
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    260
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    30
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    140
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    420
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    210
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    350
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    910
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    50
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    4340
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    750
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    2030
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1850
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    200
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    1300
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    210
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    50
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    140
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    500
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    29980
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    590
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    2800
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    80
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    2090
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    1450
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    6920
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    7080
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    200
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    70
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    265Godwit, Black-tailed
    (Limosa limosa)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    1150
    271Phalarope, Red
    (Phalaropus fulicarius)
    10
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    90
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    190
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    2310
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    16700
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    170
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    450
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)
    20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    2050
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)
    60


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 02:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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