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Species and numbers breeding: Sappi Stanger
White-breasted Cormorant Coordinates: 29.3636 S; 31.3028 E
Description: Dead alien Brazilian pepper trees on an
Year No. of pairs Source island in a large artificial wetland.
Aug 2011 15 (“10–15”) 1 Conservation status: Not protected.
2021 0 2 Species and numbers breeding:
White-breasted Cormorant
Sources: 1 Crawford et al. (2013); 2 R McKibbin (pers.
comm.) Year No. of pairs Source
Note: Bred with Grey (Ardea cinerea) and Black-headed Feb 2004 √ 1
(A. melanocephala) Herons.
Jul 2010 √ 1
Simbithi Eco Estate
Coordinates: 29.5184 S; 31.2191 E Jan 2011 √ 1
Description: A dead tree on a small island in a small dam.
Conservation status: Not protected. Jan 2012 √ 1
Species and numbers breeding: Aug 2012 √ 1
White-breasted Cormorant
Dec 2012 15 2
Year No. of pairs Source Aug 2013 √ 1
M O’Donoghue in
Apr 2012 3 litt. in Crawford et al. 2016 24 3
(2013) 2022 0 4

M O’Donoghue √ Birds bred but pairs were not counted
2017 1 in litt. to DG Allan Sources: 1 CWAC data (see: https://cwac.birdmap.africa/
(2022) sites.php?sitecode=29173117); 2 C Macdonald in litt. in
Crawford et al. (2013); 3 BM Dyer (pers. comm.); 4 DG
M O’Donoghue in
2021 0 Allan (pers. obs.)
litt. 16 Feb 2022
Note: Noted as breeding for at least five years prior to
Note: Have not bred in recent years despite a breeding 2012 in numbers as high as about 30 pairs (C Macdonald in
platform having been erected (M O’Donoghue in litt. 16 litt.). No longer breeding by 2022 due to all the dead trees
Feb 2022). on the island having fallen down (C Macdonald in litt.).

White-breasted Cormorants breeding at Simbithi Eco Estate (photo M O’Donoghue)

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