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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 5464
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2004-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:00:00
    End time 14:30:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1112
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    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)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		590
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		280
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		110
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		90
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		150
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		120
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		650
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		130
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		120
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		170
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		290
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		50
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		4350
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1560
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		700
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		950
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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