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Seekoei River Estuary (34052454)

Eastern Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status PARTLY PROTECTED
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Date_registered
1995-07-28
Brief_description
Open estuary and lagoon, partly within a nature reserve. Dabchick, cormorant and Greater Flamingo numbers usually greater in winter, with highest count recorded in winter 1996; numbers of Redknobbed Coot also much higher in winter 1995 and 1996 but declined drastically in 1997; numbers of waterfowl and Kittlitz's Plover peak in summer. Occurrence of Antarctic Tern noteworthy. Declines shown in number of species and in total counts, summer and winter. Important threats are dam building upstream, residential development, and overhead powerlines.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256, RuffCalidris pugnax114.5035  
255, SanderlingCalidris alba134.38209   
4150Albatross, ShyThalassarche cauta159159.00159
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta218.5035   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1187.761592   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis116.54168   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus255.56226   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus447.94252  130
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra13.5813
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea35.508   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata23.505   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.7416   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa22.002   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.39.2514
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus22.002   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata22.503   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata225.51117   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba14.9250   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia15.5019   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta111.7257   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis124.56112   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.222
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus173.29400   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor123.1768   
209Gallinule, Allen'sPorphyrio alleni11.001 
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica12.504   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca131.70179   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis210.4242   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.001   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis19.9558   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia17.8927   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus118.19147   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus1857.83187 150 
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala13.0011   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.362   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea19.8329   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.607   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus155.61281   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus11.001   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash18.2625   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus12.003   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.363
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.222
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis16.3318
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus511.0017   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus210.4338   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus15.3217   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax14.008   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.102
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini12.969   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus88.008   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula152.37300   
239Plover, Greater SandCharadrius leschenaultii11.001   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola123.86112   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius227.88111   
234Plover, Siberian SandCharadrius mongolus11.001   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.5430   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus19.7436   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma14.008   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.675  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea5150.52857  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis17.1119   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus11.502 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.504   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana128.00128   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii115.5974   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis33.003   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba18.5148   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus110.6151   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1102.88750   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.502  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota33.003   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis115.1648   
1274Teal, Green-wingedAnas carolinensis107107.00107
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha29.8424   
292Tern, AntarcticSterna vittata3038.0046 35 
294Tern, ArcticSterna paradisaea27.0020  
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia16.8230  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1191.311224   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii18.9784   
297Tern, Lesser CrestedThalasseus bengalensis2727.0027   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons127.62127   
293Tern, RoseateSterna dougallii11.001   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis332.56119   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A132.0085
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida1414.0014   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus19.2920   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres12.638   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A1543.50134
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp44.004
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis115.0651
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus12.8014   
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Wednesday 04 December 2024 12:10
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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