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    Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (28381628)

    Northern Cape

    Card 3738
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28381628Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2001-02-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 17:55:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 59
    Total Count 8567
    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)
    940
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    330
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    3460
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    1540
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    630
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    220
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    90
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    2220
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    3870
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    100Probably Breeding
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    630
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    7000
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    4470
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    240
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    840Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    1940
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1810
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    1030
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    2090
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    370
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)
    490
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    1070
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    560
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    160
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    210
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    80
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    400
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    1440
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    14390
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    4070
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    310
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    120
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    3110
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    5680
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    3300
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    190
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    140
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    1220
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    440
    300Tern, Damara
    (Sternula balaenarum)
    500
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    160
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    450
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    7780
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    3330
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    730


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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