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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape

    Card 504384
    Compiler 10055
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-08-01
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:05
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1197
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid 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)
    500
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    1170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    210
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    320
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    190
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    410
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    110
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    70
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    160
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    110
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    6450
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    1800
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30


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    Friday 26 April 2024 02:20
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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