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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 6514
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2005-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 13:30:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 1519
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		250
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		570
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		290
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		390
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		190
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		350
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		520
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		740
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		70
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		140
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		410
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		530
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2740
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		3500
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		1690
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		2230
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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