In the Mangroves of Mlalazi Estuary

This guide is to help with the identification of the plants and animals of the mangrove habitat in the Mlalazi Estuary in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The estuary has about 50 ha of mangroves.
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All 59
Mangrove dependancy
associated 21
obligate 22
visitor 16

Nile Crocodile ¹
Crocodylus niloticus

Malachite Kingfisher ²
Corythornis cristatus

Mangrove Kingfisher ³
Halcyon senegaloides

Giant Kingfisher ⁴
Megaceryle maxima

Pied Kingfisher ⁵
Ceryle rudis

African Finfoot ⁶
Podica senegalensis

Common Sandpiper ⁷
Actitis hypoleucos

Little Egret ⁸
Egretta garzetta

Grey Heron ⁹
Ardea cinerea

Goliath Heron ¹⁰
Ardea goliath

Green-backed heron/Striated Heron ⁴
Butorides striata

Osprey ¹¹
Pandion haliaetus

African Fish-Eagle ¹²
Haliaeetus vocifer

Palmnut vulture ¹³
Gypohierax angolensis

Reed cormorant ¹⁴
Microcarbo africanus

White-breasted Cormorant ¹⁵
Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus

African Darter ²
Anhinga rufa

Vervet Monkey ¹⁶
Chlorocebus pygerythrus

African Clawless Otter ¹⁷
Aonyx capensis

Marsh Mongoose ¹⁸
Atilax paludinosus

Silverlined Mudskipper ¹⁹
Periophthalmus argentilineatus

Giant Mangrove Whelk ²⁰
Terebralia palustris

Cerithidea decollata ²¹

Littoraria intermedia ²²

Littoraria pallescens (Philippi 1846)
Littoraria pallescens

Littoraria subvittata Reid 1986 ²³
Littoraria subvittata

Assiminea cf. capensis Bartsch 1915 ²⁴
Assiminea

Rock Oyster ²⁵
Saccostrea cucullata

Striped Barnacle ²⁶
Amphibalanus amphitrite

Mud Crab ²⁷
Scylla serrata

Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen 1839) ²⁸
Metopograpsus thukuhar

Land Crab ²⁹
Cardisoma carnifex

Cristarma eulimene ³⁰

Parasesarma catenatum ³¹

Parasesarma guttatum ³²

Neosarmatium africanum ³³

Soldier crab ³⁴
Dotilla fenestrata Hilgendorf 1869

Macrophthalmus grandidieri

Horned Ghost Crab ³⁵
Ocypode ceratophthalmus

East African Fiddler Crab ³⁶
Austruca occidentalis

d'Urville's Fiddler Crab ³⁷
Tubuca urvillei

Green-eyed Fiddler Crab ²¹
Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus

Western Calling Fiddler Crab ³⁸
Gelasimus hesperiae

Penaeus indicus ²¹
Prawn

Mangrove Fern ³⁹
Acrostichum aureum

Freshwater Mangrove ⁴⁰
Barringtonia racemosa

Salicornia natalensis (old name =Sarcocornia natalensis) ²¹
Sarcocornia natalensis

ALIEN - Schinus terebinthifolia ⁴¹
Schinus terebinthifolius

White Mangrove ⁴²
Avicennia marina

Estuary hibiscus ³⁰
Hibiscus tiliaceus

Black mangrove ⁴³
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza

Red mangrove ⁴⁴
Rhizophora mucronata

Buffalo grass ⁴⁵
Stenotaphrum secundatum

seashore paspalum ²¹
Paspalum vaginatum

common reed ⁴⁶
Phragmites australis

Seashore Dropseed ⁴⁷
Sporobolus virginicus

iNcema ⁴⁸
Juncus kraussii

Three-ribbed arrow-grass ⁴⁹
Triglochin striata

Reclining Date Palm ⁵⁰
Phoenix reclinata

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In the Mangroves of Mlalazi Estuary

Nile Crocodile 1 Crocodylus niloticus

Malachite Kingfisher 2 Corythornis cristatus

Mangrove Kingfisher 3 Halcyon senegaloides

Giant Kingfisher 4 Megaceryle maxima

Pied Kingfisher 5 Ceryle rudis

African Finfoot 6 Podica senegalensis

Common Sandpiper 7 Actitis hypoleucos

Little Egret 8 Egretta garzetta

Grey Heron 9 Ardea cinerea

Goliath Heron 10 Ardea goliath

Green-backed heron/Striated Heron 4 Butorides striata

Osprey 11 Pandion haliaetus

African Fish-Eagle 12 Haliaeetus vocifer

Palmnut vulture 13 Gypohierax angolensis

Reed cormorant 14 Microcarbo africanus

White-breasted Cormorant 15 Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus

African Darter 2 Anhinga rufa

Vervet Monkey 16 Chlorocebus pygerythrus

African Clawless Otter 17 Aonyx capensis

Marsh Mongoose 18 Atilax paludinosus

Silverlined Mudskipper 19 Periophthalmus argentilineatus

Giant Mangrove Whelk 20 Terebralia palustris

Cerithidea decollata 21

Littoraria intermedia 22

Littoraria pallescens (Philippi 1846) Littoraria pallescens

Littoraria subvittata Reid 1986 23 Littoraria subvittata

Assiminea cf. capensis Bartsch 1915 24 Assiminea

Rock Oyster 25 Saccostrea cucullata

Striped Barnacle 26 Amphibalanus amphitrite

Mud Crab 27 Scylla serrata

Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen 1839) 28 Metopograpsus thukuhar

Land Crab 29 Cardisoma carnifex

Cristarma eulimene 30

Parasesarma catenatum 31

Parasesarma guttatum 32

Neosarmatium africanum 33

Soldier crab 34 Dotilla fenestrata Hilgendorf 1869