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Botriviervlei: A1 Bridge to Benguela Cove (34201908)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Tygerberg Bird Club
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information SA118 - BOTRIVIERVLEI & KLEINMOND ESTUARY
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2005-03-17

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255Calidris alba19.8042   
256Calidris pugnax69.5013  
72Scopus umbretta11.172   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta116.38136 125 
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1195.212071   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis279.741149   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus168.30535   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus146.60681  130
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.001
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea115.3064   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa111.4271   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa23.004   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus1212.0012
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid11.001
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.19.8042
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus2121.0021   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata12.334   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata175.86588   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.332   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia24.8313   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta16.7939   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis110.8450   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer12.406
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus177.40275   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor77.007   
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca962.43251   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis127.82524   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis126.71150 125 
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus123.652615025100
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis112.8472   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia16.2032   
933Gull, Black-headedChroicocephalus ridibundus11.001
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.333   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii139.72373250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus264.67527300150 
10010Gull, UnidentifiedLanus sp.22.002
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.334
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.172
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.5215   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea14.8420   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.005   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus120.17261   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus17.2017   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash19.6973   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.528
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.333
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis15.1917
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus117.9945   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid12.003
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus12.3211   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini22.403   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus115.3870   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula17.2540   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius228.1985   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.7436   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus13.8814   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma22.002   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos14.8813  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea14.508  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis24.509   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola22.002   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana14.0014   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii16.7328   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba112.36131 75 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus118.8870   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta126.57127   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia336.3353  1
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.403  
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis113.8348   
1274Teal, Green-wingedAnas carolinensis33.003
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha14.599   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia15.9846  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo118.98155   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii14.4414   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis112.46121   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A17.6740
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus17.2222   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus13.3514   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A126.83150
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis18.0647
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus33.003   
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Friday 15 May 2026 05:23
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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