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Rietvlei Wetland Reserve: Central Pans (33511829)
Western Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY
Authority	City of Cape Town Biodiversity Management Branch & Private
Management status	TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status	PROTECTED
IBA information	SA111 - RIETVLEI WETLAND RESERVE
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1992-07-15
Brief_description
An IBA. Natural pan and excavated vleis; water levels very variable; much emergent sedge plus mud and sand. Also sewage ponds with Phragmites and Typha. Bird numbers high; globally significant numbers of Cape Shoveller (highest 1995-96), Kelp Gull (1994 and 1995 winters) and Hartlaub's Gull; nationally significant numbers of African Spoonbill, Yellowbilled Duck (winter 1995), African Black Oystercatcher, and Avocet (summer 1993). Highest counts of grebes, pelicans, cormorants, Darter, Redknobbed Coot and Kelp Gull in winter; of geese, Hartlaub's Gull and Cape Wagtail in summer, when shorebird counts also high. Little Bittern resident; African Rail, Baillon's Crake and Painted Snipe occur. Threats include spread of alien vegetation, especially Paspalum vaginatum, siltation, eutrophication and urbanisation.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	2	2.00	2
256		Calidris pugnax	1	7.00	20
255		Calidris alba	360	360.00	360
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	95.21	422	250	125	190
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	7	286.39	1587
49	Cormorant, Bank	Phalacrocorax neglectus	41	41.00	41
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	10.15	37
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	10.77	61
267	Curlew, Eurasian	Numenius arquata	1	1.00	1
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	4.31	14
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	1	2.50	4
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	2	32.20	85
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	24.88	109
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	2.33	5
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	1.40	3
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	15.67	42
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	2.00	3
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	15	257.38	747		625
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	2	15.78	54
266	Godwit, Bar-tailed	Limosa lapponica	1	8.00	15
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	141.96	956
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	2	9.88	27
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	5	5.00	5
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	6.50	24
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	3.25	8
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	7.86	30
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	1.00	1
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	1	55.50	232		125
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	1	49.50	240		150
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.20	2
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	4.70	26
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	3.17	15
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	7	7.00	7
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	7.14	31
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	14.36	93
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	0	1.40	2
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	1.40	3
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	10	10.00	10
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	47.04	107
10015	Mallard, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	3	3.00	3
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	2	2.50	3
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	1.25	2
231	Oystercatcher, African	Haematopus moquini	1	8.57	20
230	Painted-snipe, Greater	Rostratula benghalensis	2	2.00	2
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	39.39	161
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	3	17.50	40
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	3	35.94	92
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	2.00	4
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	1.00	1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	5.33	20
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	2	403.46	1060
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	20.43	121
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	2.00	3
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	26.86	101
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	2	55.10	171
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	2.80	4
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	7.42	35
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	66.42	584		500
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	32	390.85	1500
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	2.50	4
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	13.67	44
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	16.75	63
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	3.06	10
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	1	25.25	90
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	1	2.33	4
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	2	5.50	9
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	24.25	86
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	3	3.00	3
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	32.14	171
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	4	4.00	4
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	1	1.00	1
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	4	161.75	626
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	11.63	39

Saturday 21 December 2024 06:45
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Western Cape

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