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Lamberts Bay: Bird Island (32041818)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority CapeNature
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information SA 100
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2013-07-29
Brief_description
The count covers the whole of Bird Island.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255Calidris alba33.003   
4150Albatross, ShyThalassarche cauta66.006
46Booby, BrownSula leucogaster11.001
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis103843.5150000550027503000
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus118.38655326 
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus19.8025   
199Crake, AfricanCrecopsis egregia1313.0013-1
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.576   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis1515.0015   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus520.0050   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor2037.0053   
43Gannet, AustralasianMorus serrator11.292
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis015759.8340000
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca11.982   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis11.001   
933Gull, Black-headedChroicocephalus ridibundus11.001
932Gull, Franklin'sLeucophaeus pipixcan11.001
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus13.2050   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii193.99250250125 
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus45180.601000300150700
901Gull, Sabine'sXema sabini11.001
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.092   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus15.3117   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash12.504   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.794
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus13.9714   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini13.8016   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus11.001   
2Penguin, AfricanSpheniscus demersus11.868
4137Petrel, White-chinnedProcellaria aequinoctialis11.001
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula11.502   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.643   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus17.4913   
261Redshank, CommonTringa totanus11.001
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.483  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.002   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus22.002   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia11.001  1
292Tern, AntarcticSterna vittata216.0030   
294Tern, ArcticSterna paradisaea1515.0015  
903Tern, BlackChlidonias niger11.001   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia1167.335001356820
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1795.008000800040001800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii10127.93800500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis111.42300   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.001   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres11.713   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis27.7717
690Wagtail, GreyMotacilla cinerea66.006
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Thursday 28 March 2024 11:49
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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