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Berg River 6: Kliphoek Saltpans (32501812)

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
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
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.001   
256, RuffCalidris pugnax122.47224  
255, SanderlingCalidris alba1106.75420   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta135.77250250125190
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata196.83955   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis131.0081   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus18.3536   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus17.5434   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata44.004   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa15.4156   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus44.004
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa124.13119  75
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.311.8020
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus11.001   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata111.2656   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia02.005   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.2623   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis14.7510   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.312
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1191.30733 625 
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor2190.021460  600
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica11.502   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus33.003
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca111.56148   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis14.7122   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis1105.16850250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus17.3326 25 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis126.41243   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia17.67156   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.402   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii114.1661   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus138.891485300150700
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.203
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.433   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea13.588   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.005   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus12.619   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus15.8015   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash23.176   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.252
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis15.1416
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus12.674   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus116.2580   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus12.206   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.332
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis22.002
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus110.4265   
272Phalarope, Red-neckedPhalaropus lobatus11.695
240Plover, CaspianCharadrius asiaticus1010.0010   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus150.72246 200130
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula133.74481   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola11.502   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius2112.30800 500 
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.6782   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus12.235   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma2238.5055   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos15.6745  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1110.671400  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis12.736   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.386   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana119.06156   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii114.8268   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis44.004   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba15.8324   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus149.94210   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1150.921930   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.001  
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis250.66386   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha127.69156   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia19.1142  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo17.9023   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii15.3124   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons15.5010   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis19.7627   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida16.1432   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus235.11118   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus22.754   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A3102.29610
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp55.005
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis318.1971
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus11.502   
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Sunday 08 December 2024 11:29
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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