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Kabeljous River Estuary (34002456)

Eastern Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
1995-07-31
Brief_description
The tidal estuary of the Kabeljous River; many new adjacent wetlands also attract birds. The site has a good variety of waterbirds: 20 shorebird species are listed, including 12 Palearctic migrants, two of which (Knot and Whimbrel) are recorded only in winter. Good numbers of Common Terns occurred in summer 1996 (when maximum numbers of several shorebird species were also recorded), and of Arctic Terns in summer 1997; large numbers of Redknobbed Coot and South African Shelduck were present in winter 1995, when peak counts of Dabchick and African Spoonbill were also recorded. Disturbance by 4x4 and other vehicles poses a critical threat around the lagoon, while lesser threats include boating on the lagoon, fishing, bait collecting, and disturbance by livestock.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
256Calidris pugnax135.77243  
1016Anas platyrhynchos11.001
255Calidris alba223.8486   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta113.4050   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1233.412000   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis110.3353   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus145.96218   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus138.73286  130
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.001
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata13.1817   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.2312   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.123.70110
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata13.568   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata151.98272   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.252   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta19.3239   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis191.80403   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.533
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus191.61500   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1241.5071   
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica13.005   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca124.81396   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis112.0760   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis118.44121   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia113.1649   
933Gull, Black-headedChroicocephalus ridibundus11.001
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus134.14145   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus160.59368300150 
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.203
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.397   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea18.4226   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.337   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus124.16165   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash16.1821   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.303
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.502
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis17.4227
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus166.75217   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus214.14258   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus44.004   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
939Noddy, LesserAnous tenuirostris11.001
74Openbill, AfricanAnastomus lamelligerus66.006   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini117.67524824 
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus610.0013   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula145.48198   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola119.8095   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius142.95321   
234Plover, Siberian SandCharadrius mongolus11.001   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris14.6336   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus115.5650   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma11.001   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos13.008  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1427.421446  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis17.6436   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus15.5010 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.252   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana142.73139   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii125.14119   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba17.5825   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus114.3852   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta2132.87439   
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota22.002   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis113.1344   
1274Teal, Green-wingedAnas carolinensis750750.00750
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha113.7873   
294Tern, ArcticSterna paradisaea1059.00108  
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia16.1226  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1980.744570 40001800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii199.401000500250200
297Tern, Lesser CrestedThalasseus bengalensis11.001   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons153.19200   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis128.82103   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A653.82200
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida1213.5015   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus329.3369   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus19.1030   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres314.0025   
0Unknown, UnknownUnknown Unknown157157.00157
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A159.89400
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp55.005
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis318.5666
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus12.908   
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Wednesday 03 September 2025 10:28
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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