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    Umvoti River Estuary (29233121)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 1188
    Compiler 197
    Location code 29233121Umvoti River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2004-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:15:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 896
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		21Probably Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		150
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		200
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		160
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		140
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		900
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		380
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		250
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		110
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		270
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		170
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		870
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		4410
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		130


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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