Mlalazi River Estuary (28573147) | |
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KwaZulu-Natal | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
| IBA information | SA063 - UMLALAZI RIVER ESTUARY |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1994-07-16 |
| Brief_description |
| The estuary and mouth of the Mlalazi River, with sand beaches, mudflats, saltmarsh, and adjacent mangroves and coastal dune forest. Two winter and two summer counts show a high number of Whitefronted Plover in 1997, and an excellent number of Sanderling in 1996; some Sanderling remain during the austral winter. A number of Sandwich Terns were also recorded in summer 1996. Important threats include pollution by pesticides and fertilizers from sugar cane farms, and a mining threat to the northern side of the dunes. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | Calidris alba | 11 | 111.50 | 307 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 15.00 | 29 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 2.08 | 6 | ||||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 5 | 6.00 | 8 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 4.88 | 14 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 7.89 | 55 | |||
| 214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 3 | 6.00 | 9 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 2 | 4.00 | 7 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 7.22 | 27 | |||
| 149 | Eagle, African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 2.47 | 5 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 6.09 | 19 | |||
| 213 | Finfoot, African | Podica senegalensis | 1 | 1.29 | 2 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 4.71 | 14 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 1.63 | 4 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 3.33 | 8 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 4.92 | 13 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.75 | 3 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.53 | 3 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.40 | 7 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 6.46 | 25 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 2.09 | 6 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 2.00 | 6 | |||
| 400 | Kingfisher, Mangrove | Halcyon senegaloides | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 2 | 6.00 | 15 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 4.87 | 27 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 41 | Pelican, Pink-backed | Pelecanus rufescens | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 8.25 | 39 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 2 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.67 | 10 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 7.11 | 18 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 5.45 | 28 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 2.25 | 4 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 2.57 | 11 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 6.50 | 12 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 5 | 10.33 | 20 | |||
| 77 | Stork, Woolly-necked | Ciconia episcopus | 1 | 5.00 | 14 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 1 | 13.75 | 52 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 1 | 25.57 | 128 | |||
| 297 | Tern, Lesser Crested | Thalasseus bengalensis | 2 | 3.50 | 5 | |||
| 299 | Tern, Little | Sternula albifrons | 3 | 27.00 | 51 | |||
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 2 | 11.50 | 30 | |||
| 10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 6 | 10.00 | 14 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 112 | Vulture, Palm-nut | Gypohierax angolensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 11.40 | 48 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 2.36 | 6 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 3.14 | 13 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 1 | 2.42 | 6 |
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