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    Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Combined (33521830)

    Western Cape

    Card 92
    Compiler 21
    Location code 33521830Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Combined (Western Cape)
    Start date 1993-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:02:00
    End time 16:54:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 56
    Total Count 8655
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    20
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    1660
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    850
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    90
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    300
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    410
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    40
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    210
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    160
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    370
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    870
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    840
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    7680
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    350
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    910
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    7630
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    500
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    80
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    60
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    5030
    230Painted-snipe, Greater
    (Rostratula benghalensis)
    40
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    290
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    90
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    560
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    780
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    60
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    14350
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    9820
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    210
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    11610
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    510
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    100
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    6690
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    940
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    460
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    2370
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    270
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    90
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    8040
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    20
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    600


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    Thursday 28 March 2024 10:19
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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