Tana Delta Camp River Mouth (02354020) | |
|---|---|
Kenya | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | |
| Management status | CONSERVANCY |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2016-09-02 |
| Brief_description |
| Open, tidal river mouth consisting of mostly sand banks which are exposed only at low tide when they provide safe roosting sites for flocks of gulls and terns. Some mud banks on the inland bank of the river section. Some beach section which is where the White-fronted Plovers are mostly found. |
| Physical_features |
| Shifting sand flats with pools and firmly packed sand bars. |
| Hydrological_features |
| Tidal - completely covered twice every 24 hours. |
| Ecological_features |
| Fairly sterile sand flats which are used mostly as a roosting site with only a very low density of feeding sand plovers present. Surrounded by old sand dunes with thick cover of dune vegetation. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 45 | 45.00 | 45 | ||||
| 255 | Calidris alba | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | ||||
| 4136 | Black-backed Gull, Lesser | Larus fuscus | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 210 | 210.00 | 210 | |||
| 267 | Curlew, Eurasian | Numenius arquata | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 15 | 15.00 | 15 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 634 | 634.00 | 634 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 13 | 13.00 | 13 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 15 | 15.00 | 15 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 61 | 61.00 | 61 | |||
| 2042 | Gull, Heuglin's | Larus heuglini | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 2058 | Gull, Sooty | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | 21 | 21.00 | 21 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 19 | 19.00 | 19 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 17 | 17.00 | 17 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 41 | 41.00 | 41 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 32 | 32.00 | 32 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 20 | 20.00 | 20 | |||
| 400 | Kingfisher, Mangrove | Halcyon senegaloides | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 31 | 31.00 | 31 | |||
| 248 | Lapwing, Long-toed | Vanellus crassirostris | 28 | 28.00 | 28 | |||
| 1031 | Lapwing, Spur-winged | Vanellus spinosus | 314 | 314.00 | 314 | |||
| 74 | Openbill, African | Anastomus lamelligerus | 29 | 29.00 | 29 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 41 | Pelican, Pink-backed | Pelecanus rufescens | 18 | 18.00 | 18 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 14 | 14.00 | 14 | |||
| 239 | Plover, Greater Sand | Charadrius leschenaultii | 5 | 20.50 | 36 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 18.50 | 36 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 1039 | Plover, Pacific Golden | Pluvialis fulva | 21 | 21.00 | 21 | |||
| 234 | Plover, Siberian Sand | Charadrius mongolus | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 281 | Pratincole, Collared | Glareola pratincola | 11 | 11.00 | 11 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 118 | 118.00 | 118 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 58 | 58.00 | 58 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 257 | Sandpiper, Terek | Xenus cinereus | 120 | 120.00 | 120 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 15 | 15.00 | 15 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 13 | 13.00 | 13 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 125 | 125.00 | 125 | |||
| 73 | Stork, Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 77 | Stork, Woolly-necked | Ciconia episcopus | 15 | 15.00 | 15 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 30 | 98.50 | 167 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 902 | Tern, Gull-billed | Gelochelidon nilotica | 31 | 188.00 | 345 | |||
| 297 | Tern, Lesser Crested | Thalasseus bengalensis | 1120 | 1120.00 | 1120 | 250 | 125 | 440 |
| 2070 | Tern, Saunders's | Sternula saundersi | 24 | 24.00 | 24 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 20 | 20.00 | 20 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 74 | 74.00 | 74 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1120 | 1120.00 | 1120 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 57 | 57.00 | 57 |
Sunday 22 December 2024 04:55
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
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