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Berg River 8: Kruispad Floodplain (32521815)

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. The Kruispad section comprises river shoreline as well as seasonal floodplains. The section is surveyed on foot.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax218.8874  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta112.6351   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata15.8523   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis29.0022   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus111.2555   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus110.00155  130
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea25.3311   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa110.63115   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus22.002
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor11.001   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.27.0016
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata23.677   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata140.63247   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.333   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia15.7030   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta04.8622   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis18.3933   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.895
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus193.11621   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor137.1184   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus2628.6730
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca133.56402   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis124.49299   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis22.002   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.001   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis12.407   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia15.0033   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.001   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii19.31129 125 
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus15.55104   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.639
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.293   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.806   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.503   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.855   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides22.002   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus119.63230   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus18.7127   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash13.1310   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.172
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.919
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus113.0044   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus12.097   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax15.7115   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.332
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.001   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus15.8551   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus2323.0023   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula12.504   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola22.002   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius111.1741   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.1711   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus14.338   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.673  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea118.56114  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.834   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola14.1120   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana219.15125   
1342Shelduck, CommonTadorna tadorna1919.0019
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii121.6176   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis12.605   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba111.59144 75 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus327.29149   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta141.61286   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.423  
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis123.74168   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha111.1448   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia13.7443  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo15.3130   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii12.788   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons22.002   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis12.004   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus13.506   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus12.003   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A33.504
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis17.1248
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus11.001   
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Tuesday 02 September 2025 04:04
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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