Mfolozi Estuary (28243225) | |
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KwaZulu-Natal | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife |
| Management status | PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA058 - LAKE ST LUCIA & MKUZE SWAMPS |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1997-07-18 |
| Brief_description |
| The mouth of the Mfolozi River, with open water, open shoreline, mudflats and some mangroves. The only count available (winter 1997) shows a typical bird species diversity for such habitat and includes small numbers of White and Pinkbacked Pelicans. Known threats (siltation, dredging and development) have only slight negative impacts. The Mfolozi swamps, on the alluvial plain of the Lower Mfolozi River, although severely reduced and modified by agricultural development and afforestation, still constitute a significant palustrine wetland system the avifauna of which requires urgent investigation. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | Calidris alba | 1 | 12.83 | 30 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 273 | Dromas ardeola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 19.86 | 64 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 4.33 | 11 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 1.86 | 5 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 17 | 69.50 | 122 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 6 | 13.00 | 20 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 3.57 | 13 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.93 | 6 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.83 | 4 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 110 | 110.00 | 110 | |||
| 44 | Gannet, Cape | Morus capensis | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 2.00 | 5 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 2 | 5.50 | 9 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 8.26 | 70 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 28.43 | 146 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 3.40 | 7 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.33 | 3 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 7.55 | 35 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 4.00 | 10 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 2 | 3.25 | 4 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.70 | 3 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 2.20 | 5 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 894 | Oystercatcher, Eurasian | Haematopus ostralegus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 7 | 29.00 | 63 | |||
| 41 | Pelican, Pink-backed | Pelecanus rufescens | 1 | 5.00 | 10 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 3 | 33.13 | 100 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 17.14 | 64 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 29.41 | 214 | 125 | 180 | |
| 981 | Sandpiper, Broad-billed | Calidris falcinellus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 3.50 | 13 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 6 | 146.73 | 645 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 257 | Sandpiper, Terek | Xenus cinereus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 9.70 | 28 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 5.11 | 24 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 59.25 | 226 | |||
| 77 | Stork, Woolly-necked | Ciconia episcopus | 1 | 2.33 | 5 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 1 | 13.30 | 55 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 50 | 50.00 | 50 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 9.26 | 31 | 20 | ||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 3 | 430.67 | 1800 | 1800 | ||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 1 | 79.52 | 400 | 250 | 200 | |
| 297 | Tern, Lesser Crested | Thalasseus bengalensis | 3 | 13.33 | 22 | |||
| 299 | Tern, Little | Sternula albifrons | 1 | 248.90 | 931 | 500 | 490 | |
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 1 | 129.29 | 500 | |||
| 295 | Tern, Sooty | Onychoprion fuscatus | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 2 | 418.67 | 1400 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 58 | 58.00 | 58 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 232 | Turnstone, Ruddy | Arenaria interpres | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 135.70 | 518 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 1.80 | 5 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 1.57 | 4 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 1 | 7.62 | 18 |
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