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Edith Stephens Wetland Park: Isotes Vlei (34001832)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY
Authority City of Cape Town Biodiversity Management Branch
Management status TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status PARTLY PROTECTED
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Date_registered
2003-09-26
Brief_description
A small section of seasonal wetland situated within the Edith Stephens Wetland Park. This section forms part of the bigger seasonal wetlant but it has been sectioned of, due to a rare plant species Isoetes capensis, occurring there.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata15.8216   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus14.8616   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus11.502   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.202   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa22.002   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa33.003   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata12.404   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata26.6020   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia12.005   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.142   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis112.7785   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus2121.0021   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor13.506   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca26.5916   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis11.503   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.001   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis14.3914   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii212.6181   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus116.7773   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.463   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.146   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.273   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus16.9520   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus14.6712   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash14.5010   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus12.003
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus16.7424   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.909   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.252   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.001   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma12.003   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii16.0820   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis13.079   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus14.5810   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.332  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota22.002   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis23.835   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha13.189   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida11.001   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp11.001
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis14.2810
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Saturday 21 December 2024 06:59
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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