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    Paarl Bird Sanctuary (33411858)

    Western Cape

    Card 5168
    Compiler 32
    Location code 33411858
    Start date 2003-07-26
    Season W
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1328
    Wetland Condition 2
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4
    Count Type 5
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    30
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    270
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    1090
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    410
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    280
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1070
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    1260
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    930
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    320
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    330
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    240
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    250
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    20
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    590
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    90
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    270
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    320
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    780
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    1890
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    240
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    1680
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    360


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    Friday 30 January 2026 10:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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