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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 3956
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2001-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 14:00:00
    End time 17:00:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1027
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 3Aerial
    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)    		890
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		160
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		580
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		170
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		350
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		340
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		160
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		190
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		120
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		520
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		4640
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1730
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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