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    Masibekela Wetlands (25533150)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 8360
    Compiler 728
    Location code 25533150Masibekela Wetlands (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2006-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 11:15:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 516
    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 As always a lot of vegetation growing in the shallow water and some birds could have been missed. Dam is 90% full.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1030Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1260Probably Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		90
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		100
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		510
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		50
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    92Goose, African Pygmy
    (Nettapus auritus)    		110Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		130
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    199Crake, African
    (Crecopsis egregia)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		110
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		640Confirmed Breeding
    229Jacana, Lesser
    (Microparra capensis)    		100Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		200
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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