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Langebaan: Central Marsh (33101806)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority South African National Parks & Private
Management status NATIONAL PARK
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information SA105 - WEST COAST N.P. & SALDANHA BAY ISLANDS
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2005-07-15

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax12.147  
255Calidris alba115.7587   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta118.0476   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata11.001   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis238.89185   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus33.003   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus137.25277   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus14.1216   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata11.753   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa12.003   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.44.004
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata16.0041   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.502   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia22.002   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta111.5485   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis214.0045   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.402
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus3419.481195 625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor184.78190   
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica22.503   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca234.60433   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis22.002   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis11.001   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia233.73409   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii1078.03169 125 
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus738.64391300150 
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus22.002
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.785   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea16.5783   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus1577.33230   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus629.3364   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash4040.0040   
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis14.6016
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus66.006   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus110.7667   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus55.005   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.633
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini18.2061482455
894Oystercatcher, EurasianHaematopus ostralegus11.001
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus14.8322   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus88.008   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula120.1798   
239Plover, Greater SandCharadrius leschenaultii3535.0035   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola1134.47591   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius114.71126   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris24.8012   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus17.1119   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma44.004   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens12.003-1
261Redshank, CommonTringa totanus7676.0076
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos14.7513  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1413.901196  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis110.7852   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana24.6313   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii216.3345   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba12.626   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus129.0690   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta4127.08639   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia44.004  1
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis19.7738   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha29.6722   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia14.4232  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo120.50166   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii13.0010   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis13.7110   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A22.002
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus33.003   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres127.79152   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A3047.0080
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp3131.0031
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis118.4952
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus171.47227   
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Thursday 26 March 2026 11:56
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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