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Mtamvuna Estuary (31043011)

KwaZulu-Natal

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
2004-06-02

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255Calidris alba22.002   
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis11.001   
9638Cormorant, GreatPhalacrocorax carbo22.333 
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus11.713   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus12.577   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.001   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus24.507
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata17.5616   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.633   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.172
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor11.001   
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis124.29133
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica22.333   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus23.004
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca212.5436   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis14.6016   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis22.002   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus29.2722   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.001   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.001   
63Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)Butorides striata11.001   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash18.3021   
402Kingfisher, Brown-hoodedHalcyon albiventris11.001
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.182
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.134
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus13.959   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini23.097   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius24.409   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris22.503   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus16.9221   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.884  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea77.007  
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus1313.0013 
14836Stork, Africa Woolly-neckedCiconia microscelis16.0018   
77Stork, Woolly-neckedCiconia episcopus15.0011   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo13.006   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii359.89173   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons412.5021   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis136.00160   
2070Tern, Saunders'sSternula saundersi11.001
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus23.407   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres22.002   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp12.676
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis11.733
688Wagtail, MountainMotacilla clara11.001
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus11.001   
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Friday 02 October 2026 06:48
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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