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Mpenjati River Estuary (30563018)

KwaZulu-Natal

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife & Private
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
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Date_registered
2003-01-26

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
9638Cormorant, GreatPhalacrocorax carbo11.001 
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus11.713   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus12.897   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.001   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata33.334   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata25.1512   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.424   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis79.0011   
213Finfoot, AfricanPodica senegalensis11.001 
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.883
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis677.25250
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica11.502   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca27.8719   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis22.333   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.001   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus145.36300300150 
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.001   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.001   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus11.001   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash29.6775   
402Kingfisher, Brown-hoodedHalcyon albiventris11.001
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.273
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.833
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus23.437   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini12.717   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius24.009   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.572   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus26.1113   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos22.905  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea24.008  
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus512.1031 
14836Stork, Africa Woolly-neckedCiconia microscelis33.003   
77Stork, Woolly-neckedCiconia episcopus23.335   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia13.005   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii2217.28500500250200
297Tern, Lesser CrestedThalasseus bengalensis11.001   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons217.7350   
293Tern, RoseateSterna dougallii11.502   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis850.40110   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus26.2218   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres12.755   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp12.214
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis11.583
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus11.001   
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Wednesday 01 April 2026 08:38
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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