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Umhlangankulu Estuary (30563017)

KwaZulu-Natal

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2004-01-15

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus11.674   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus12.275   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.001   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos11.001   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata615.5025   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata26.4017   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.333   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.202
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis213.3331
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica11.001   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus22.293
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca210.5827   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis22.002   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis11.001   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus17.0019   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.001   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.001   
63Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)Butorides striata11.001   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash26.0911   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.333
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.404
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus14.009   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius22.002   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.001   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus34.007   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos12.005  
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus13.005 
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.001   
77Stork, Woolly-neckedCiconia episcopus23.205   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii2174.40200  200
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons511.0017   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis1020.0030   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus12.835   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp11.753
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis12.175
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Monday 27 July 2026 06:22
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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