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    Goukou River: Mouth - Melkhoutfontein (34212125)

    Western Cape
    Card 504770
    Compiler 1883
    Location code 34212125Goukou River: Mouth - Melkhoutfontein (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:26
    End time 12:13
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 67
    Total Count 18152
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 3 Domestic ducks was found and removed from the river
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		6190
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		1200
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		310
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		270
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		310
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		160
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		190
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1230
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		70
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		610
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		390
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		230
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		990
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		15550
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1450
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		250
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		23590
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1440
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		410
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		960
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		10
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		560
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		2550
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		90850
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		50
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		720
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		700
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1450
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		100
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		16680
    254Knot, Red
    (Calidris canutus)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		180
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		70
    259Sandpiper, Green
    (Tringa ochropus)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		140
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		230
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1010
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		300
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1210
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		1060
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		30
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		4540
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		2060
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150
    690Wagtail, Grey
    (Motacilla cinerea)    		10


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    Thursday 18 April 2024 04:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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