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Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information
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Date_registered
1995-07-29
Brief_description
The open estuary of the Keurbooms River. Two summer and three winter counts indicate good numbers of cormorants (especially in winter), an apparently resident population of Purple Heron, reasonable numbers of Little Egret throughout the year, a good variety of shorebirds (including large concentrations of Grey Plover, Greenshank and Whimbrel) and significant roosts of Kelp Gull (particularly in summer) and Swift Tern. Dabchick have been counted only in the winter and counts are decreasing. Residential development is a critical threat, while boating, fishing, general human disturbance, domestic animals, and bank erosion are also listed as severe threats.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax33.003  
255Calidris alba12.334   
1016Anas platyrhynchos25.5511
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta345.17170 125 
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata11.502   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis145.65325   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus1072.55242   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus117.8578   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata11.907   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.0314   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid33.003
1017Duck, MandarinAix galericulata22.002
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata14.5517   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.483
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta519.0651   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis11.635   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus111.1837   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor25.509   
893Gallinule, PurplePorphyrio martinica55.005
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica14.6321   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca122.59107   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis14.1015   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis245.0088   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.001   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis132.79109   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia121.85108   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus12.004   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus10370.461370300150700
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.182   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea17.7019   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.7911   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus647.10169   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash14.8022   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.292
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata11.502
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis14.2611
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus23.004   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus17.4123   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.001   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.183
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini521.1357482455
894Oystercatcher, EurasianHaematopus ostralegus11.001
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula232.2473   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola252.47254   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius13.408   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.2912   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus221.4276   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos12.7312  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea165.07354  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis19.9257   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola17.1716   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii11.502   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba115.6659   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus15.5012   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta15.0013   
10007Swan, Black Cygnus atratus11.001
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis12.6011   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha12.804   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia12.045   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo156.91350   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii1196.022500500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis130.76169   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A1163.00325
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida22.002   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus113.5947   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres44.004   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp11.502
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis15.3920
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus135.55133   
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Friday 29 March 2024 12:31
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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