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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 5557
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2004-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 852
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    180
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    40
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    20
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    40
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    120
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    201Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    150
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    770
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    2110
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    120
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    50
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    350
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    70
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    1270
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    610
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    710
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)
    10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    930
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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