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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 1604
    Compiler 541
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2005-05-09
    Season OOther
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 14:00:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 719
    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 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		450
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		190
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		970
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		110
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		290
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		670
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		170
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		280
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		350
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		130
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		70
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		110
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		220
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2040
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		210
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		190
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		40


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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