Coega Saltpans (33472540) | |
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Eastern Cape | |
CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
Authority | Private |
Management status | PRIVATE LAND |
Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
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Information |
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Date_registered |
2008-04-30 |
Brief_description |
Portions of the original saltpan area are being lost to development as part of the Coega IDZ & Port of Ngqura developments. Count includes all of the saltpans, adjacent leakage ponds and Coega River from just above the N2 to the Port. The saltpans serve an a very important breeding site for Greyheaded Gull and Swift Tern. Other species that also breed there include both Near Threatened species, Caspian Tern and Chestnut-banded Plover as well as African Sacred Ibis. |
Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
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256 | , Ruff | Calidris pugnax | 31 | 43.50 | 56 | |||
255 | , Sanderling | Calidris alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 13 | 41.00 | 69 | |||
59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 8 | 104.25 | 321 | |||
87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 3.75 | 6 | |||
5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 2 | 10.75 | 15 | |||
263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 5.50 | 10 | |||
288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 10 | 276.00 | 636 | 500 | ||
289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 1 | 8.33 | 21 | |||
287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 176 | 266.50 | 367 | 300 | 150 | |
55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 54 | 54.00 | 54 | |||
84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 6 | 9.75 | 13 | |||
236 | Plover, Chestnut-banded | Charadrius pallidus | 6 | 23.00 | 43 | |||
233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 37 | 48.50 | 60 | |||
237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 35 | 81.00 | 119 | |||
238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 6 | 9.00 | 18 | |||
235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 19 | 159.50 | 300 | |||
262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 10 | 10.00 | 10 | |||
90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 4.67 | 10 | |||
270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 32 | 135.75 | 279 | |||
253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 182 | 210.50 | 239 | |||
98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 22 | 48.50 | 70 | |||
290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 10.00 | 25 | 20 | ||
291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 4 | 68.33 | 192 | |||
296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 3 | 13.25 | 27 | |||
232 | Turnstone, Ruddy | Arenaria interpres | 1 | 3.33 | 7 | |||
686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 4 | 10.50 | 19 |