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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 1028
    Compiler 2
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 1997-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 13:55:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 2072
    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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		220
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		250
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		390
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		240
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1060
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		250
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		130
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		520
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		400
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		2330
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1670
    254Knot, Red
    (Calidris canutus)    		40
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		1080
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		50
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		1330
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		4590
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		140
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		160
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		5190
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		110


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    Friday 26 April 2024 06:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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