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    Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (28381628)

    Northern Cape

    Card 2952
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28381628Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (Northern Cape)
    Start date 1999-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:50:00
    End time 16:55:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 50
    Total Count 5170
    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
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    1250
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    320
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    1270
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    990
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    200
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    550
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    180
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    4010
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    350
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    2210
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    5450
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    450
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    220
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    960
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1360
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    930
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    440
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    2270
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    160
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    130
    230Painted-snipe, Greater
    (Rostratula benghalensis)
    20
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)
    70
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    510
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    970
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    1700
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    580
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    1740
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    790
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    70
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    3400
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    720
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    10980
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    2760
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    1650
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    70
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    210
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)
    10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    1280
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    30


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

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