Kowie River Estuary (33352653) | |
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Eastern Cape | |
CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY |
Authority | Private |
Management status | UNKNOWN |
Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
IBA information | |
Ramsar information | |
Heritage information | |
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Information |
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Date_registered |
1998-01-11 |
Brief_description |
Site has become dangerous to survey due to vagrants in the area. Raw sewage spilling has also become a mojor problem for this site. |
Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
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72 | , Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
256 | , Ruff | Calidris pugnax | 14 | 49.13 | 180 | |||
212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 8.64 | 23 | |||
47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 2.53 | 6 | |||
203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 3 | 18.83 | 58 | |||
58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 3.75 | 18 | |||
60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 50.75 | 550 | 500 | ||
61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 4 | 130.88 | 340 | |||
89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 10.69 | 32 | |||
6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 2 | 24.17 | 51 | |||
287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 5 | 30.81 | 109 | |||
64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 17.25 | 84 | |||
56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 2 | 4.57 | 9 | |||
81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 6.50 | 14 | |||
84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 3.00 | 6 | |||
395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.60 | 3 | |||
245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 8.13 | 19 | |||
210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 3 | 6.00 | 9 | |||
230 | Painted-snipe, Greater | Rostratula benghalensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
236 | Plover, Chestnut-banded | Charadrius pallidus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 8 | 42.89 | 61 | |||
241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 3.50 | 9 | |||
237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 2 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 5.58 | 15 | |||
235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 7.60 | 17 | |||
258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 9 | 71.89 | 135 | |||
262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 9.25 | 34 | |||
90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 3.40 | 7 | |||
94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 13.33 | 33 | |||
250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 3.80 | 13 | |||
270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 4.75 | 15 | |||
253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 14.86 | 37 | |||
98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 9.86 | 37 | |||
97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 15.78 | 75 | |||
290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 1 | 8.90 | 19 | |||
296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
232 | Turnstone, Ruddy | Arenaria interpres | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 2.71 | 6 | |||
268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 1 | 12.79 | 32 |