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Lamberts Bay: North Beach (32031818)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority CapeNature
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2013-07-29
Brief_description
Sandy beach count north of Lambert's Bay. Bird species counted between the fore dune and breaker line.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255Calidris alba219.0850   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta12.806   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata57.5010   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis11181.1720000550027503000
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus27.5835 26 
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus11.001   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus11.6912   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.418   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus110.0025   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor11.332   
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis162.44300
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca22.002   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis77.007   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis23.004   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus12.2315   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii219.77180 125 
2042Gull, Heuglin'sLarus heuglini6565.0065
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus10112.761500300150700
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.062   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus13.5612   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash22.403   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.825
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus12.638   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini26.0637 24 
2Penguin, AfricanSpheniscus demersus11.603
4137Petrel, White-chinnedProcellaria aequinoctialis11.001
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula11.332   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola11.001   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris12.1411   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus211.9632   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos15.3314  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea22.002  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.002   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii66.006   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus11.828   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta326.5050   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis11.502   
292Tern, AntarcticSterna vittata13.005   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.803   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1180.002000  1800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii255.52500500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis13.7810   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.001   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis18.1918
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus22.503   
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Wednesday 06 December 2023 07:57
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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