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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
256Calidris pugnax7220.851296  
1016Anas platyrhynchos11.001
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta283.84428250125190
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata31312.311195   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis147.25300   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus170.06424   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus145.29183  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 undulata145.89212   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.202
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.385   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.252   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta114.1276   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis16.1331   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus1442.5917831250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1178.621443  600
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica13.208   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca126.11546   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis1414.0014   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis131.2580   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis157.13168   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia134.65126   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus136.94280   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii14.7329   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus16289.59879300150700
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.152
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.0812   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.333   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea119.5679   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus1133.221210 1000 
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.434
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus22.002   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus126.23121   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
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 pecuarius229.00119   
1039Plover, Pacific GoldenPluvialis fulva11.001
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.3514   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus33.003   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma12.003   
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1595.664187 3750
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis141.92201   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.001   
1342Shelduck, CommonTadorna tadorna11.001
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana1100.14592420210500
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii154.09315 175 
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba115.28106 75 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus262.13333   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1480.262112   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra11.001   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis188.62614   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha128.88220   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia113.7764  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo110.1245   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons121.4174   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida13.335   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus246.00193   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres16.2718   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis213.2247
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus17.4229   
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FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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