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Berg River 2: Cerebos Saltpans (32481810)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PRIVATE LAND
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information SA104 - LOWER BERG RIVER WETLANDS
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Date_registered
1994-01-16
Brief_description
An IBA. The lower reaches and mouth of the Berg River, incorporating the open estuary, mudflats and lagoon, various saltpans, permanent marshes and riparian reedbeds, floodplains at Kruispad, Langrietvlei and Kersfontein, the Kliphoek River, and Doornfontein pan. A very important wetland system, with large concentrations of many waterbird species in summer and winter, with globally significant numbers of seven species, nationally significant numbers of six more, and large counts of White Pelican, cormorants, ibises, waterfowl, Blacksmith Plover, Avocet and terns. Saltpans are being enlarged at the expense of mud flats and reedbeds (Kliphoek). Other important threats include boating, water- skiing, dam construction (Kliphoek River), and gill net fishing; there is some pollution and hunting.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256, RuffCalidris pugnax116.5788  
255, SanderlingCalidris alba587.67249   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta147.18172 125 
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata177.00240   
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus22.002   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis13407.7550600550027503000
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus124.40535326 
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus116.65192   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus113.8764   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata11.713   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa16.2435   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus22.002
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.22.002
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata16.6445   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba55.005   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta112.2041   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis12.145   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer22.002
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus40456.8114161250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1393.902132  600
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica14.2510   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus913.0017
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca112.1854   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis15.5619   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis1109.39553250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus12.9414   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis18.3329   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia112.86134   
2062Gull, Great Black-backedLarus marinus3535.0035
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus13.006   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii3152.27581250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus476.85327300150 
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala16.91117   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea113.9248   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.715   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus143.78311   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus263.50281   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash12.003   
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis14.8415
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus13.338   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus214.4036   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus12.003   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax12.335   
70Night Heron, White-backedGorsachius leuconotus22.002   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.202
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus114.0372   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus18.5843   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula126.71400   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola111.1049   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius237.67290   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.1520   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus15.6821   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma11.001   
261Redshank, CommonTringa totanus11.001
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos112.8341  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea169.67430  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis14.9023   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.001   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana13.4419   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii14.9518   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba112.3840   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus1367.76268   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta179.55302   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis227.52211   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha17.5635   
294Tern, ArcticSterna paradisaea211.0020  
903Tern, BlackChlidonias niger11.001   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia13.8214   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo193.43937   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii157.491500500250200
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons220.0057   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis131.62266   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida1313.0013   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus419.0060   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.332   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres15.5012   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A37.4011
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp2124.5028
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis122.5560
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus16.4323   
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Thursday 14 November 2024 12:53
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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