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Buffels River Mouth (29401703)

Northern Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation
Management status PRIVATE LAND
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2007-07-25
Brief_description
The count section stretches from the back of the Kleinzee golf course down to the beach. Access is restricted and clearance needs to be obtained before entering.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata539.63174   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis12.333   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus13.5014   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa11.753   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.1521.0027
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata27.3311   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta12.004   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus19.3320   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor22.002   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca217.0071   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis11.001   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis3131.0031   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis13.796   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii264.70168 125 
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus139.82107   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.001   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus25.408   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash12.003   
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.134
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus23.678   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus12.737   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax33.003   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini12.003   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus310.5018   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius11.001   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris22.333   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus117.1153   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana16.9135   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii216.0867   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus33.003   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis26.5017   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha13.006   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.672   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo5199.33473   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii420.1766   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis1818.0018   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A422.0040
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis14.2714
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Tuesday 28 October 2025 12:32
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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