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Redhouse Saltpan (33502535)

Eastern Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information SA096 - SWARTKOPS ESTUARY & CHATTY SALT PANS
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Date_registered
1994-01-09
Brief_description
Falls within Swartkops Estuary IBA. A primary concentration saltpan (Cerebos Saltpan); water salinity varies with summer rainfall, hence large count of Redknobbed Coot in July 1997 after good rains. Duck numbers tend to peak in winter, but nationally significant number of South African Shelduck counted in summer 1996. Good numbers of Dabchick and cormorants, especially in winter; few Blacknecked Grebe recorded (up to 220 have occurred); good numbers of Cape Shoveller and Cape Teal in winter. High counts of Ringed and Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper (nationally significant), Little Stint and Ruff in Summer 1994. Kelp Gull and Caspian Tern numbers high; both species breed. Also an important breeding site for Whitebreasted Cormorant, Sacred Ibis and reyheaded Gull. Four high biomass totals between summer 1994 and winter 1996 reflect presence of many Greater Flamingo. Threats include site modifications and hunting/trapping.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.001   
1016, MallardAnas platyrhynchos11.001
256, RuffCalidris pugnax7220.851296  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta282.28428250125190
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata31490.792811 2500 
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis145.24300   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus169.48424   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus147.96184  130
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata18.4428   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa15.0916   
10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billedAnas platyrhynchos x undulata11.001
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa11.001   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata22.002   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata145.62212   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.335   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.202   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta113.8476   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis16.1331   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.172
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1459.0217831250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1178.701443  600
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica13.208   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca127.15546   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis1414.0014   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis180.00275250125240
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis159.39168   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia134.65126   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus136.31280   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii14.7329   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus16285.18879300150700
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.152
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.1512   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.373   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea119.5379   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus1129.271210 1000 
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.434
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus22.002   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus126.49121   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus77.007   
74Openbill, AfricanAnastomus lamelligerus11.502   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.092
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini11.603   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus11.001   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula194.07406   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola159.86242   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius229.78119   
1039Plover, Pacific GoldenPluvialis fulva11.001
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.2914   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus33.003   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma12.003   
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1582.174187 3750
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis141.92201   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.001   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana1100.51592420210500
1342Shelduck, CommonTadorna tadorna11.001
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii154.15315 175 
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba115.28106 75 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus261.89333   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1480.262112   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra11.001   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis188.79614   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha127.92220   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia113.5664  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo110.1245   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons121.4174   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida13.335   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus246.00193   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres16.2718   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis213.7247
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus17.4229   
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