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Conservation status: The island is within WCNP. numbers recorded to have bred were one pair of White-
Species and numbers breeding: Six seabird species breasted Cormorant, 65 pairs of Crowned Cormorant,
have bred at Caspian Island. Their numbers are given 171 pairs of Kelp Gull, 344 pairs of Hartlaub’s Gull, 530
on the following table applicable to this island. Maximum pairs of Greater Crested Tern and 25 pairs of Caspian Tern.

Numbers (pairs) of different seabird species breeding at Caspian Island, 1981–2020
White-breasted Crowned Kelp Hartlaub's Greater Crested Caspian
Year
Cormorant Cormorant Gull Gull Tern Tern
1981 102
1982 44
1983 20 0
1984 0
1987 344 530 5
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0 0
1992 0 0 12
1993 0 98 0 11
1994 0 15 109 0 14
1995 0 15 74 1 0 13
1996 0 3 94 0 0 15
1997 0 11 0 0
1998 0 5 0 0
1999 0 2 0 0
2000 0 32 171 0 0 15
2001 0 30 95 0 0 0
2002 0 65 111 0 0 6
2003 0 14 124 0 0 16
2004 0 19 87 0 0 12
2005 0 43 128 0 0 13
2006 0 15 145 0 0 0
2007 0 20 74 0 0 13
2008 1 46 80 0 0 25
2009 0 24 83 0 0 18
2010 0 16 63 0 0 15
2011 0 23 58 0 0 8
2012 0 30 35 0 0 12
2013 0 18 38 0 0 10
2014 0 15 55 0 0 11
2015 0 15 54 0 0 8
2016 0 25 42 0 0 12
2017 0 21 58 0 0 10
2018 0 16 49 0 0 8
2019 0
2020 0 0

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BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, 219–267. Gerfaut 72: 189–220.

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