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Keiskamma River Estuary (33172729)

Eastern Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PRIVATE LAND
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2003-02-01

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.292   
256Calidris pugnax161.83169  
255Calidris alba169.32527   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta55.005   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata112.5038   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis213.3843   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus17.2320   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus19.3035   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.001
214Crane, Grey CrownedBalearica regulorum11.704   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata11.001   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa16.1714   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.114.2531
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata2121.0021   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata670.81166   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.693   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta16.7816   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis133.12172   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer12.146
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus811.5015   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor11.001   
893Gallinule, PurplePorphyrio martinica22.002
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis11.001
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica12.004   
265Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosa11.001 
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus24.146
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca216.3742   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis110.5453   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis15.7019   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia114.3962   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.001   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus28.5915   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.202
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala17.0844   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath14.0612   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea416.2442   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides22.002   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus118.2478   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash15.8019   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.402
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.754
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis14.0712
243Lapwing, Black-wingedVanellus melanopterus2626.0026  25
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus215.7747   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.673   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini12.598   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus11.001   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus22.002   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula427.0084   
239Plover, Greater SandCharadrius leschenaultii12.254   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola128.48105   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius16.7048   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.2412   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus217.4562   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos16.3929  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea160.67210  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis14.508   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus113.4568 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola17.8814   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana15.9631   
1342Shelduck, CommonTadorna tadorna2222.0022
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii14.5014   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.502   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba214.8844   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus113.4633   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta155.63222   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra11.001   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.003  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota11.001   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis120.9781   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha110.1856   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.634   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1207.302380  1800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii15.5430   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons327.5361   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis127.06220   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A6060.0060
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus13.6712   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres13.147   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A224.42150
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp23.386
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis217.0039
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus222.93108   
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Friday 27 June 2025 07:01
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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