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    Chatty Saltpans (33512535)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 9231
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33512535Chatty Saltpans (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2007-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10.20.00
    End time 12.40.00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 2159
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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)    		8030
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1990
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		610
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1590
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1510
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		510
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		230
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		40
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		700
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1040
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		160
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1050Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10Probably Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		210


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    Wednesday 14 January 2026 12:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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