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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 4210
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2002-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:30:00
    End time 18:45:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 1569
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    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)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		710
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		130
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		210
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		270
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		2540
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1480
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		320
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		330
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2050
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		400
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		1000
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		2100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		40
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		3250


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    Thursday 25 April 2024 06:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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