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    Umvoti River Estuary (29233121)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 2052
    Compiler 415
    Location code 29233121Umvoti River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1997-08-03
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 373
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		140
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		30
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		260
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		80
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		480
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		440
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		50
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		180
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		70
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		90
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		800
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		40
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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