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Berg River 4: Hotel Saltpans (32481811)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information SA104 - LOWER BERG RIVER WETLANDS
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Date_registered
1993-01-16
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
256Calidris pugnax121.59110  
10015Anas hybrid12.253
1016Anas platyrhynchos11.001
255Calidris alba12.004   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta148.25415250125190
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1229.051344   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis129.84580   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus321.0039 26 
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus117.1575   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus112.5648   
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra11.001
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea22.002   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata14.0028   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa111.9253   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos11.001
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa11.001   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A111111.00111
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata123.8893   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta17.9334   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis18.2522   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus4345.90949 625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1269.411050  600
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica115.31156   
265Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosa22.503 
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser46.259
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca111.12128   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis16.5722   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis2254.24837250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.674   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis14.2620   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia132.28163   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus12.187   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii498.21998250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus1163.10270 150 
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.363
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.089   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea16.0020   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.574   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus117.84149   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus19.7936   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash12.8112   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis211.2726
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus17.5014   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus230.84164   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.252   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.363
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus112.0450   
272Phalarope, Red-neckedPhalaropus lobatus13.637
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus235.75184  130
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula138.18187   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola140.04247   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius348.52147   
1039Plover, Pacific GoldenPluvialis fulva33.003
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris17.2637   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus17.8338   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.252-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.815  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea5436.284915 3750
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis17.9340   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.001   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana115.44122   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii116.52158   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba111.1160   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus9123.19334   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1255.171086   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.934  
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis382.37442   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha25.148   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia17.8143  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo123.96301   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii1190.816700500250200
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons16.8022   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis138.07400   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A627.2551
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus123.82131   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus12.333   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres110.8555   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A1213.031738
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis119.16158
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus19.7461   
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Friday 29 March 2024 01:37
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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