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    Paarl Bird Sanctuary (33411858)

    Western Cape
    Card 90011
    Compiler 32
    Location code 33411858Paarl Bird Sanctuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 1995-02-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:30:00
    End time 18:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 41
    Total Count 3103
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1420
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		160
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		240
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		610
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		2720
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		200
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1400
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		5580
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		200
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		270
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		580
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		560
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		740
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1270
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		240
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		670
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		40
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		510
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		110
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		180
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1380
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		440
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10290
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		740


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