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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape

    Card 502275
    Compiler 10055
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-07-14
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:40
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 670
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    150
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    180
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    730
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    830
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    190
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    50
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    310
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    130
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    210
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    140
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    40
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    220
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    2600
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    30
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    80
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    230
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    40


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    Wednesday 24 April 2024 08:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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