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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
IBA information
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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 cristata15.5225   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus14.0016   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus11.402   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.001
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.222   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa22.002   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor12.676   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa33.003   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata12.434   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata28.0326   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.805   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.182   
61Egret, Western CattleArdea ibis19.4785   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus111.0021   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor13.506   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca16.6630   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis13.4020   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.001   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis13.7714   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.001   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii114.4781   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus110.8973   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.969   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.886   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.363   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus17.9120   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus14.9515   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash14.9617   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.673
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus17.5542   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus15.2329   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.292   
238Plover, Three-bandedAnarhynchus tricollaris11.001   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma12.003   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii16.3929   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis13.209   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus16.7336   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.142  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota22.002   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis25.0013   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha13.4111   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida12.004   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp13.506
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis13.8110
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Tuesday 06 October 2026 04:48
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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