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    Polokwane (Pietersburg) Bird Sanctuary (23512927)

    Limpopo
    Card 500832
    Compiler 832
    Location code 23512927Polokwane (Pietersburg) Bird Sanctuary (Limpopo)
    Start date 2009-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 268
    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 This site has been severly distrupted by construction work, trench excavations and dredging.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		290
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		300
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		180
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		90
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		550
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		380
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 12:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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