Umvoti River Estuary (29233121) | |
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KwaZulu-Natal | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | PRIVATE FARM |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA073 - UMVOTI ESTUARY |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1993-07-17 |
| Brief_description |
| An IBA. Open estuary, with sandbanks, tidal mudflats and floodplain; mouth closed during periods of low flow. Some Phragmites, Typha and sedgebeds. Regularly has 10 000+ birds; many migrants; major tern roost on sandbanks, with many Common and Little Terns in summer, the latter increasing in numbers. Winter numbers of Swift Tern increasing and of Spurwinged Goose and Kelp Gull decreasing. Redwinged Pratincole breeds; many wader species occur, including Chestnutbanded Plover. Threats include upstream dam building: reduced water flow could lead to frequent mouth closure and deterioration of mudflats. Fishing and bait collection are a problem; boating and all beach vehicles must be banned from the site. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 3.47 | 18 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 2 | 29.43 | 52 | ||||
| 255 | Calidris alba | 1 | 9.82 | 30 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 3.00 | 6 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 8.55 | 26 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 7.00 | 29 | |||
| 199 | Crake, African | Crex egregia | 2 | 3.50 | 5 | -1 | ||
| 202 | Crake, Baillon's | Zaporina pusilla | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 1.60 | 2 | |||
| 214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 7.56 | 17 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 91 | Duck, Knob-billed | Sarkidiornis melanotos | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 13 | 13.00 | 13 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 2 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 4 | 14.29 | 43 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 2.38 | 4 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 5.09 | 28 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 14.62 | 88 | |||
| 213 | Finfoot, African | Podica senegalensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.55 | 3 | |||
| 205 | Flufftail, Red-chested | Sarothrura rufa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 209 | Gallinule, Allen's | Porphyrio alleni | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 44 | Gannet, Cape | Morus capensis | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 265 | Godwit, Black-tailed | Limosa limosa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 13.32 | 60 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 34.40 | 125 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 5.57 | 18 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 3.90 | 9 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 7.90 | 36 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 7.24 | 32 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.43 | 3 | |||
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.64 | 6 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.36 | 2 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 5.86 | 21 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.80 | 4 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 7.42 | 23 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 6.74 | 15 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 2 | 3.67 | 5 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.63 | 3 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 2.29 | 7 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 4.00 | 12 | |||
| 254 | Knot, Red | Calidris canutus | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 11.50 | 40 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 1 | 3.60 | 7 | |||
| 230 | Painted-snipe, Greater | Rostratula benghalensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 24 | 24.00 | 24 | |||
| 41 | Pelican, Pink-backed | Pelecanus rufescens | 1 | 3.50 | 6 | |||
| 236 | Plover, Chestnut-banded | Charadrius pallidus | 2 | 2.67 | 4 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 2 | 16.13 | 52 | |||
| 239 | Plover, Greater Sand | Charadrius leschenaultii | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 1.40 | 2 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 27.36 | 118 | |||
| 234 | Plover, Siberian Sand | Charadrius mongolus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 15.56 | 53 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 8.97 | 37 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 17 | 17.00 | 17 | |||
| 281 | Pratincole, Collared | Glareola pratincola | 2 | 23.00 | 41 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 6.11 | 39 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 18.67 | 90 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 2.38 | 10 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 6.56 | 27 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 5.00 | 14 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 3.88 | 9 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 7.00 | 16 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 10.36 | 63 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 30.60 | 62 | |||
| 77 | Stork, Woolly-necked | Ciconia episcopus | 1 | 5.08 | 20 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 1 | 10.22 | 53 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 10.50 | 27 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 9.11 | 34 | |||
| 936 | Tern, Bridled | Onychoprion anaethetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 6.80 | 19 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 5 | 435.88 | 2000 | 1800 | ||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 3 | 28.56 | 85 | |||
| 297 | Tern, Lesser Crested | Thalasseus bengalensis | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 299 | Tern, Little | Sternula albifrons | 1 | 236.00 | 1000 | 1000 | 500 | 490 |
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 1 | 10.56 | 31 | |||
| 295 | Tern, Sooty | Onychoprion fuscatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 4.33 | 11 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 10.60 | 25 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 1 | 6.00 | 18 | |||
| 232 | Turnstone, Ruddy | Arenaria interpres | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 112 | Vulture, Palm-nut | Gypohierax angolensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 45 | 53.50 | 62 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 3.16 | 23 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 13.58 | 70 | |||
| 688 | Wagtail, Mountain | Motacilla clara | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 689 | Wagtail, Western Yellow | Motacilla flava | 1 | 2.25 | 4 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 3 | 3.00 | 3 |
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