Umgeni River Estuary (29493102) | |
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KwaZulu-Natal | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1993-01-10 |
| Brief_description |
| An open estuary with mud, sandbanks, and some patches of reeds, sedges and grass. A good site for concentrations of shorebirds and terns; the relatively high counts in summer reflect the abundance of these migratory species. Nationally significant numbers of Greyheaded Gull are recorded in summer; Kelp Gull is most numerous in winter. Relatively few waterfowl occur. Numbers of cormorants, ibises and Darter peak in winter; White Pelican is recorded only on summer counts, and Blacksmith Plover and Swift Tern are common in summer and winter. Woollynecked Stork, Whitefronted Plover, African Black Oystercatcher and Caspian Tern are recorded. Boating and water skiing are critical threats, while a severe threat is posed by industrial and domestic pollution; domestic dogs are also a problem. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 273 | Dromas ardeola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.65 | 4 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 4.00 | 12 | ||||
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | ||||
| 255 | Calidris alba | 1 | 30.93 | 97 | ||||
| 4136 | Black-backed Gull, Lesser | Larus fuscus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 12.90 | 60 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 5.88 | 37 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 18.87 | 75 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 2.85 | 8 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 8.27 | 25 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 3.57 | 11 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 2.67 | 8 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 2 | 3.50 | 5 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 5.82 | 16 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 3.25 | 10 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.48 | 4 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 19.81 | 88 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 4.43 | 12 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 12.88 | 39 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 159.97 | 831 | 500 | ||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 20.08 | 120 | |||
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.15 | 20 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.88 | 5 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 3 | 13.07 | 26 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.91 | 4 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 1 | 1.75 | 4 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 40.74 | 192 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 11.42 | 41 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.57 | 3 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.37 | 5 | |||
| 400 | Kingfisher, Mangrove | Halcyon senegaloides | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 4.98 | 13 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 14 | 63.00 | 125 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.18 | 2 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 1 | 1.75 | 3 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1 | 15.00 | 53 | |||
| 41 | Pelican, Pink-backed | Pelecanus rufescens | 1 | 6.38 | 70 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 37.97 | 97 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 3.09 | 8 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 6.00 | 16 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 8.28 | 70 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 11.43 | 48 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 4.38 | 21 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 5 | 189.48 | 631 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 2.25 | 6 | |||
| 257 | Sandpiper, Terek | Xenus cinereus | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 3.56 | 17 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 1.83 | 3 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 2.83 | 13 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 46.22 | 288 | |||
| 73 | Stork, Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 77 | Stork, Woolly-necked | Ciconia episcopus | 1 | 5.91 | 26 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 294 | Tern, Arctic | Sterna paradisaea | 30 | 30.00 | 30 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 2.52 | 10 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 1 | 147.73 | 650 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 1 | 79.53 | 307 | 250 | 200 | |
| 297 | Tern, Lesser Crested | Thalasseus bengalensis | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 299 | Tern, Little | Sternula albifrons | 1 | 38.73 | 270 | |||
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 1 | 6.06 | 28 | |||
| 295 | Tern, Sooty | Onychoprion fuscatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 3 | 76.20 | 235 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 1 | 8.49 | 20 | |||
| 232 | Turnstone, Ruddy | Arenaria interpres | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 2.23 | 5 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 2.39 | 9 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 1 | 10.67 | 60 |
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