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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
255Calidris alba172.57527   
256Calidris pugnax161.55169  
72Scopus umbretta11.292   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta55.005   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata18.8626   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis213.3843   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus17.2020   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus19.5235   
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra11.001
214Crane, Grey CrownedBalearica regulorum11.704   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata11.001   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa16.1714   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A114.2531
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata2121.0021   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata670.81166   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer12.196
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.693   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta16.9716   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis133.79172   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus811.5015   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor11.001   
893Gallinule, PurplePorphyrio martinica22.002
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica12.204   
265Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosa11.001 
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser24.146
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca216.8642   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis110.7553   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis15.7019   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia114.7062   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.001   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus28.4815   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.202
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala17.1244   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath14.1612   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea416.5942   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides22.002   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus118.3678   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash15.6319   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.402
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.824
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis14.1912
243Lapwing, Black-wingedVanellus melanopterus2626.0026  25
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus216.0747   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.673   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini12.638   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus11.001   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus22.002   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula427.1584   
239Plover, Greater SandCharadrius leschenaultii22.674   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola128.17105   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius16.9548   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.2512   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus217.5062   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos16.7129  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea161.10210  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis14.508   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus113.8968 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola18.4314   
1342Shelduck, CommonTadorna tadorna2222.0022
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana14.8712   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii13.6413   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.402   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba214.8444   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus112.6128   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta154.94222   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra11.001   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.502  
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota11.001   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis121.5081   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha19.9056   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.634   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1185.582380  1800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii15.9230   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons328.7261   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis128.59220   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A6060.0060
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus13.8212   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres23.507   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A224.42150
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp23.146
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis217.2339
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus223.46108   
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Thursday 28 March 2024 11:17
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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