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St Kitts References
Coordinates: 29.0780 S; 31.5217 E
Description: In trees on a small island in a large dam. Allan DG. 2012. The waterbirds of Durban Bay – Current and
Conservation status: Not protected. historical population trends. Durban Natural Science
Species and numbers breeding: Museum Novitates 35: 1–74.
White-breasted Cormorant Crawford RJM, Randall RM, Whittington PA, Waller L, Dyer BM,
Allan DG, Fox C, Martin AP, Upfold L, Visagie J, Bachoo
Year No. of pairs Source S, Bowker M, Downs CT, Fox R, Huisamen J, Makhado
AB, Oosthuizen WH, Ryan PG, Taylor RH, Turpie JK. 2013.
H Chittenden and South Africa’s coastal-breeding white-breasted cormorants:
2012 11 (“8-10”) C Macdonald in litt. in population trends, breeding season and movements, and
Crawford et al. (2013) diet. African Journal of Marine Science 35: 473–490.
McInnes A, Allan D. 2004. Survey of colonially breeding large
Note: H Chittenden recorded breeding in the “first half” of waterbirds at Clairwood Racecourse 14 November 2003.
2012. KZN Birds 7: 17–18.

White-breasted Cormorants breeding on a dam in Mt Edgecombe (photo Stuart Dicks)

A 2016 view of the trees that were
used by White-breasted Cormorants
for breeding at Sappi Stanger until that
year (photo DG Allan). The trees no
longer exist and breeding has ceased

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