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    Limpopo River: Mapungubwe (22112925)

    Limpopo
    Card 8000
    Compiler 2029
    Location code 22112925Limpopo River: Mapungubwe (Limpopo)
    Start date 2006-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:30:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 214
    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 The river had been flowing for more than a month already. We counted the river five days after a 'repeat flood' and the water level had sunk by approximately 1+ m, thus exposing some mud banks.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50
    70Night Heron, White-backed
    (Gorsachius leuconotus)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    75Stork, Saddle-billed
    (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		150
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		440Confirmed Breeding
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		90
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		360
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		70
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		50
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		130
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Friday 30 January 2026 07:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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