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Tana River Delta - south and central (02284021)
Kenya
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
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Management status	COMMUNAL LAND
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2016-08-31
Brief_description
Kenya's largest river delta holding very large numbers of birds when flooded and home to a large human population dependent on the delta for grazing and fishing.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
256		Calidris pugnax	35	941.00	2528
72		Scopus umbretta	12	12.00	12
255		Calidris alba	5	5.00	5
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	21	21.00	21
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	15	15.00	15
4136	Black-backed Gull, Lesser	Larus fuscus	1	1.00	1
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	2	38.00	62
199	Crake, African	Crex egregia	1	1.00	1			-1
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	1.00	1
267	Curlew, Eurasian	Numenius arquata	1	1.00	1
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	2.50	4
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	15	60.00	105
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	25	45.50	66
2188	Egret, Dimorphic	Egretta dimorpha	1	5.50	10
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	3	190.00	377		250
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	8	201.50	395
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	7	43.00	79
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	388	1439.67	3000
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	7	7.50	8
209	Gallinule, Allen's	Porphyrio alleni	58	58.00	58
266	Godwit, Bar-tailed	Limosa lapponica	36	36.00	36
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	22.00	52
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	4	4.00	4
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	11	47.00	83
933	Gull, Black-headed	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	16	16.00	16
2042	Gull, Heuglin's	Larus heuglini	3	3.00	3
2058	Gull, Sooty	Ichthyaetus hemprichii	1	2.00	3
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	2	2.00	2
168	Harrier, Pallid	Circus macrourus	5	5.00	5
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	8	8.00	8
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	5	11.67	18
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	10	12.00	14
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	5	33.33	55
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	18.50	36
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	11	115.00	214
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	9.00	17
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	9	115.00	300
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	26	263.00	500		500
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	10	10.00	10
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	50	58.00	66
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	5	8.50	12
400	Kingfisher, Mangrove	Halcyon senegaloides	3	4.50	6
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	19	36.50	54
248	Lapwing, Long-toed	Vanellus crassirostris	6	26.00	45
1031	Lapwing, Spur-winged	Vanellus spinosus	34	994.33	2000
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	5	5.00	5
74	Openbill, African	Anastomus lamelligerus	2	747.50	1493	1000	500
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.00	1
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	49	54.00	59
41	Pelican, Pink-backed	Pelecanus rufescens	6	34.50	63
240	Plover, Caspian	Charadrius asiaticus	4	4.00	4
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	106	347.00	588
239	Plover, Greater Sand	Charadrius leschenaultii	2	19.33	50
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	7	11.00	15
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	2	5.50	9
1039	Plover, Pacific Golden	Pluvialis fulva	2	2.00	2
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	2	2.00	2
281	Pratincole, Collared	Glareola pratincola	46	46.00	46
261	Redshank, Common	Tringa totanus	1	1.00	1
260	Redshank, Spotted	Tringa erythropus	1	1.00	1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	50	94.00	138
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	46	600.50	1155
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	6	20.50	35
257	Sandpiper, Terek	Xenus cinereus	50	51.00	52
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	62	118.50	175
306	Skimmer, African	Rynchops flavirostris	76	76.00	76		50
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	1.50	2
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	7	8.67	10
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	14	16.50	19
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	85	554.00	1023
73	Stork, Marabou	Leptoptilos crumenifer	10	10.00	10
75	Stork, Saddle-billed	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis	1	4.00	10
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	5	47.00	121
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	4	25.50	47			20
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	105	105.00	105
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	2	7.00	12
902	Tern, Gull-billed	Gelochelidon nilotica	256	545.00	834			380
297	Tern, Lesser Crested	Thalasseus bengalensis	144	632.00	1120	250	125	440
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	1	1.00	1
2070	Tern, Saunders's	Sternula saundersi	10	49.50	89
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	100	100.00	100
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	450	722.00	994
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	16	39.33	52
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	172	1086.00	2000
268	Whimbrel, Eurasian	Numenius phaeopus	28	37.00	46

Sunday 07 December 2025 01:21
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Tana River Delta - south and central (02284021)

Kenya

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