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6 km north of Torra Bay Ogden Rocks to Ugab River
Coordinates: 20.23 S; 13.22 E Coordinates: 21.08 S; 13.55 E
Numbers breeding: Numbers breeding:
Year No. of pairs Year No. of pairs
1987 4 1983/84 14
1984/85 7
1992 2
1986 3
2009 √
1987 10
Torra Bay 1991 2
Coordinates: 20.30 S; 13.23 E 1992/93 24
Numbers breeding:
2009 √
Year No. of pairs
1984 1 References
1985 2
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1991 11 Namibia. PhD thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa,
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Braby RJ, Braby J, Braby S, Simmons RE, Crawford RJM. 2023.
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Black Gravel Plains north of Koigab (Sternula balaenarum) in Namibia and Angola. This volume.
Coordinates: 20.43 S; 13.27 E Bridgeford PA. 1982. New breeding locality data for southern
Numbers breeding: African seabirds. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus. Cormorant
Year No. of pairs 10: 126.
Brooke RK, Cooper J, Shelton PA, Crawford RJM. 1982. Taxonomy,
1984 1 distribution, population size, breeding and conservation of
the White-breasted Cormo rant, Phalacrocorax carbo, on the
1992 1 southern African coast. Le Gerfaut 72: 189–220.
2009 √ Cooper J, Brooke RK, Shelton PA, Crawford RJM.1982.
Distribution, population size and conservation of the Cape
Montrose Saltpan Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis. Fisheries Bulletin South
Coordinates: 20.53 S; 13.30 E Africa 16: 121–143.
Numbers breeding: Kemper J, Simmons RE. 2015. Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax
capensis. In: Simmons RE, Brown CJ, Kemper J (eds).
Year No. of pairs Birds to watch in Namibia: red, rare and endemic species.
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1981 4 Nature Foundation; pp. 158–160.
1986 11 Kolberg, H. 2022. Report on a Damara Tern breeding survey along
1991 2 the Namibian coast. Ministry of Environment, Forestry and
Tourism, Namibia, unpublished report, 5 pp.
2009 √ Paterson J. 2004. New breeding record for Grey-headed Gulls
Larus cirrocephalus at Kunene River Mouth, Namibia.
Red Plains Lanioturdus 37: 18–19.
Coordinates: 20.63 S; 13.35 E Simmons RE. 2015. Caspian Tern Hydropogne caspia (Sterna
Numbers breeding: caspia). In: Simmons RE, Brown CJ, Kemper J (eds). Birds to
watch in Namibia: red, rare and endemic species. Windhoek:
Year No. of pairs Ministry of Environment and Tourism and Namibia Nature
1983/84 2 Foundation; pp. 88–90.
1984/85 6
2009 √
Toscanini Saltpans
Coordinates: 20.78 S; 13.38 E
Numbers breeding:
Year No. of pairs
1984 1
1985 1
1986 4
1991/92 22
1992 1 White-breasted Cormorants roosting on water tanks at Torra Bay,
2009 √ 2022 (photo DB Tom)
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