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    Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (28381628)

    Northern Cape

    Card 3305
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28381628Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2000-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:45:00
    End time 12:58:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 54
    Total Count 5717
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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)
    140
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    1310
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    900
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    230
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    190
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    70
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    310
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    2300
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    60
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    160
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    470
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    10310
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    640
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    2250
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    4280
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1100
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    300
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    2560Confirmed Breeding
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    10
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    650
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    1120
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    460
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    600
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    340Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    2220
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    1140
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    1520
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    1970
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    60
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    1050
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    220
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    3640
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    2880
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    3620
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    280
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    6040
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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