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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
256Calidris pugnax190.82328  
255Calidris alba158.64300   
1016Anas platyrhynchos13.678
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta1115.06969250125190
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1219.00943   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus16.4539   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus13.509   
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea13.0810   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.672   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa130.14103  75
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.6363.0063
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata290.90534   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta14.0010   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis55.005   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.142
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus3501.3250101250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1356.215257  600
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca184.861000   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis114.6152   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis263.07639250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus15.0010   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis137.53219   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia13.2015   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus13.336   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii1133.78557250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus16.0433   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus22.002
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus22.002
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.293   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.7213   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus17.8027   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus19.0025   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash14.5718   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus18.1036   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.803   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini14.6024 24 
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus29.3317   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus117.49126   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula116.75162   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola11.673   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius243.82211   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris16.7557   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus122.4596   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma128.83154   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos18.0022  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1175.031725  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis244.33120   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola25.3311   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana189.171365420210500
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii2107.45509350175350
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.001   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus162.05510 500 
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1164.432864   
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota22.002   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis1125.221079   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha257.20213   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia127.171571356820
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo41628.2511739800040001800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii1253.782743500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis134.33100   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida1533.0051   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus221.3342   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A30366.67883
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis55.005
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Friday 04 April 2025 07:09
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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