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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape

    Card 3165
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2000-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 14:00:00
    End time 17:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 625
    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
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    110
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    180
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    80
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    290
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    1920
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    50
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    840
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    260
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)
    70
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    190
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    1720
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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