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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 5874
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2004-07-14
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 726
    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
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		470
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		190
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		860
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		290
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		400
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		230
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		210
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		200
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		280
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		310
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3000
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		120
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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