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    Sabaki River Mouth (03094008)

    Kenya
    Card 505859
    Compiler 10723
    Location code 3094008Sabaki River Mouth (Kenya)
    Start date 1998-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time
    End time
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 697
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes CJ not present for this count. Count led by Tansy Bliss. It would appear the whole estuary was NOT covered. Probably 50% max. Common species not identified/recorded - e.g sand plovers, Saunders' Tern.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		370
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		120
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		60
    166Harrier, Western Marsh
    (Circus aeruginosus)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1080
    234Plover, Lesser Sand
    (Charadrius mongolus)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		120
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1580
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		490
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		340
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		150
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		440
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		350
    297Tern, Lesser Crested
    (Thalasseus bengalensis)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		110
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    902Tern, Gull-billed
    (Gelochelidon nilotica)    		10
    2042Gull, Heuglin's
    (Larus heuglini)    		120
    4136Gull, Lesser Black-backed
    (Larus fuscus)    		70
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1320


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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