Title:

Trends in Namibian Waterbird Populations 1: Introduction and Overview

Author(s):
Publication Year:
2010
Abstract:

Data on wetland bird numbers has been collected in Namibia on an ad hoc basis since the early 1960's. Since 1991 regular counts have been conducted at several sites and thus a considerable amount of data has accumulated. This article and the ones to follow is a summary of the available data and an attempt to derive population trends for selected wetland bird populations. To date (July 2009), data from 1703 counts at 172 places has been entered into a database. A total of 177 different species of waterbird have been counted at these sites. Blacksmith Lapwing is the species most commonly recorded, having been seen in 915 counts (Table 1). In terms of numbers counted, Common Tern are just ahead of Cape Cormorant (Table 2) however this is not a true reflection because the latter were not always counted.

Publication Title:

Lanioturdus

Volume:
43
Issue:
2
Pages:
16-18
Item Type:
Journal Article
Language:
en

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