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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
256Calidris pugnax161.63169  
255Calidris alba168.35527   
72Scopus umbretta11.252   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta55.005   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata111.3338   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis213.3843   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus17.3020   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus19.1335   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.001
214Crane, Grey CrownedBalearica regulorum11.704   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata11.001   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa16.1714   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.114.2531
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata2121.0021   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata673.73167   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.763   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta16.7916   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis133.12172   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer12.286
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus811.5015   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor11.001   
893Gallinule, PurplePorphyrio martinica22.002
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis11.001
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica12.004   
265Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosa11.001 
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus24.146
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca216.3742   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis110.5453   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis15.7019   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia113.9762   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.001   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus28.5815   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.202
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala17.0844   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath14.4517   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea416.2642   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides22.002   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus118.1078   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash15.8019   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus22.002   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.402
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.694
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis14.1412
243Lapwing, Black-wingedVanellus melanopterus2626.0026  25
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus216.0047   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.673   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini12.508   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus11.001   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus22.002   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula428.2384   
239Plover, Greater SandCharadrius leschenaultii12.204   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola128.50105   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius16.7548   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.2312   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus217.1662   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos18.6349  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea158.05210  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis13.338   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus112.9068 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola17.2214   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana15.8831   
1342Shelduck, CommonTadorna tadorna2222.0022
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii14.5014   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.502   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba214.5044   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus113.0833   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta154.95222   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra11.001   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.003  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota11.001   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis120.9781   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha110.0956   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.654   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1198.192380  1800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii15.5430   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons327.5361   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis125.74220   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A6060.0060
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus13.9212   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres13.147   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A224.42150
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp13.116
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis216.6939
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus223.00108   
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Sunday 07 June 2026 07:14
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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