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    Spitskop Dam (28042433)

    Northern Cape

    Card 3743
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28042433Spitskop Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2001-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 16:19:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 62
    Total Count 10791
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High 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)
    500
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    180
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    4130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    2310
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    580
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    200
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    50
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    360
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    570
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    400
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1100
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    1210
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    500
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    160
    73Stork, Marabou
    (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
    20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    630
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    50
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    440
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    1440
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    2290
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    250
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    6830
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    5810
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1550
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1050
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    380
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    640
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    100
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    620
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    37150
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    1000
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    3710
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    160
    240Plover, Caspian
    (Charadrius asiaticus)
    140
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    1580
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    9530
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    7220
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    500
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    190
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    70
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    200
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    1270
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    1480
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    1810
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    720
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    4540
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    370
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)
    50
    899Gull, Lesser Black-backed
    (Larus fuscus)
    30
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)
    20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    1390
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    80


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

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