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Langebaan: South Marsh (33111806)

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
255Calidris alba3126.67409   
256Calidris pugnax115.7845  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta241.81220 125190
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1212.0012   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis135.10120   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus16.5714   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus13.149   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus114.6289   
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea11.001   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata17.9251   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.672   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.22.002
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata44.004   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata117.06150   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta125.17142   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis25.008   
14799Egret, Yellow-billedEgretta brachyrhyncha11.001   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.182
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus2487.4213121250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1102.46687  600
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica12.005   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca27.2627   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis1717.0017   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus33.003   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia139.38222   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii977.72295250125 
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus735.21114   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala36.339   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea17.1221   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus773.28253   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus239.3396   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash22.503   
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.502
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus11.502   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus28.8518   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.222
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini19.7325 24 
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus116.0673   
41Pelican, Pink-backedPelecanus rufescens2626.0026   
240Plover, CaspianCharadrius asiaticus1016.5023   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula228.64110   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola178.04552   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius115.1765   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris18.3338   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus13.5611   
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea2425.192010  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis14.3325   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus22.002 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola1212.0012   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana214.7329   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii213.4332   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba114.3362   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus232.13121   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta2141.83787   
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus22.002
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis213.9456   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha15.0011   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia24.8615   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo15.0014   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii17.8034   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons11.001   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis13.609   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A37.6711
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus13.005   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres172.50597350175 
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A8766.864316
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis1430.7065
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus256.93240   
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Sunday 22 March 2026 01:34
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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