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    Umgeni River Estuary (29493102)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 8727
    Compiler 371
    Location code 29493102Umgeni River Estuary (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2007-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15:00
    End time 11:15:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 904
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		250
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1050
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		531Confirmed Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		90
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		430
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		440
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1020
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		60
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		360
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		190
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		160
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2780
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		60
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		670
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		170
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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