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Lourens River Estuary (34051844)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information
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Date_registered
2001-01-31

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
1016Anas platyrhynchos44.004
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus44.004   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis118.33103   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus13.1916   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus116.9468   
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra11.001
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.413   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.435   
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus22.002   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata12.144   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.124   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis11.252   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca12.629   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis11.001   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis11.001   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.403   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii125.16195 125 
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus20105.00281 150 
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.502   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.746   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus11.001   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash12.8211   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.332
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.884
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus18.7254   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.001   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini18.6028 24 
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.142   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus12.436   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma11.001   
259Sandpiper, GreenTringa ochropus11.001
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba12.003   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis22.002  
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia14.4445  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1728.745500 40001800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii139.64250 250200
297Tern, Lesser CrestedThalasseus bengalensis5555.0055   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis1201.3815001500750 
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus12.074   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis11.432
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus14.117   
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Friday 29 March 2024 05:31
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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