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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 2239
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 1998-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 14:00:00
    End time 17:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 639
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    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)    		150
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		1000
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		190
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		290
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		190
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		90
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		540
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		510
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		380
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		50
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2380
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		200
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Wednesday 24 April 2024 04:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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