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Wadrif Saltpan (32131821)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority CapeNature
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Information 

Date_registered
1998-01-22
Brief_description
Seasonal saline wetland. When conditions are favourable the site can hold large numbers of nomadic waterbirds such as flamingos and ducks.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
1016, MallardAnas platyrhynchos13.678
256, RuffCalidris pugnax195.10328  
255, SanderlingCalidris alba139.25195   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta198.82969250125190
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1255.22943   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus16.9039   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus13.809   
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea13.1710   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.672   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa125.80103  75
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.6363.0063
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata3100.78534   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta15.5010   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.142
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus3369.9238991250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1352.505257  600
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca175.911000   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis111.7545   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis263.46639250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus13.338   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis138.23219   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.925   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus13.336   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii1135.10557250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus16.0433   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus22.002
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus22.002
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.293   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.7613   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus16.0823   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus110.4025   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash14.5318   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus17.7436   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.753   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini14.6024 24 
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus29.3317   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus117.94126   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula115.50162   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola12.003   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius245.10211   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris17.0057   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus122.7496   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma128.83154   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos18.0022  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1168.551725  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis244.33120   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola25.3311   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana186.241365420210500
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii2113.28509350175350
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.001   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus158.72510 500 
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1157.262864   
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota22.002   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis1106.901079   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha261.67213   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia127.171571356820
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo41825.1411739800040001800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii1262.862743500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis138.75100   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus221.3342   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A30366.67883
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis55.005
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Wednesday 30 October 2024 11:58
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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