Beaufort West Bird Sanctuary (32222237) | |
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Western Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
| IBA information | SA102 - KAROO NATIONAL PARK |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1993-01-23 |
| Brief_description |
| This sanctuary comprises a sewage works, which holds small to moderate numbers of quite a good variety of waterbirds. Sacred Ibis, Yellowbilled Duck and Redbilled Teal are commoner in winter, while Cape Teal, Cape Shoveller, plovers, Blackwinged Stilt and Greyheaded Gull are commoner in summer. A good count of Avocet was recorded in summer 1995, but there appears to be little habitat suitable for Palearctic shorebirds in summer. The survey figures indicate a marked decline in the total number of species, total count and biomass, in summer (species involved including Dabchick, South African Shelduck, Cape Teal, Cape Shoveller and Redknobbed Coot). No threats have been identified. test |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.69 | 4 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 2 | 20.47 | 71 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 16.73 | 44 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 12 | 36.22 | 72 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 4.75 | 25 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 4.00 | 11 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 1.80 | 3 | |||
| 10006 | Duck, Domestic | Anas platyrhynchos domesticus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 3.30 | 16 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 100 | 100.00 | 100 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 25.77 | 82 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 17.90 | 84 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 24.78 | 218 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 2.75 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 5.45 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 10 | 10.00 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 16.06 | 56 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 38.33 | 200 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 25 | 25.00 | 25 | |||
| 899 | Gull, Lesser Black-backed | Larus fuscus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.08 | 5 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.96 | 9 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 133.37 | 1150 | 1000 | ||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 11.43 | 50 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 7 | 52.31 | 335 | |||
| 10015 | Mallard, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 7.57 | 28 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 11.88 | 47 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 15.19 | 90 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 6.76 | 26 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 3.86 | 15 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 4.64 | 15 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 1.86 | 3 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 5.25 | 12 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 22.75 | 178 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 2 | 20.73 | 55 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 1.14 | 2 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 20.35 | 80 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 4 | 50.36 | 175 | |||
| 79 | Stork, Black | Ciconia nigra | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 73 | Stork, Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 35.74 | 134 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 10.96 | 60 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 14 | 14.00 | 14 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 2 | 85.36 | 215 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 34 | 78.43 | 130 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 32.42 | 102 | |||
| 689 | Wagtail, Western Yellow | Motacilla flava | 10 | 10.00 | 10 |
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