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Great Brak River Estuary (34042214)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2000-07-29

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
1016Anas platyrhynchos321.0045
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta88.008   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata16.5024   
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus33.504   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis1656.468451550027503000
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus113.7451   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus114.9354   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata12.003   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa14.4222   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.001   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus29.0540
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.18.6721
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata120.1977   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba14.6018   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia33.003   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.007   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis141.20220   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.142
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus11.001   
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis11.001
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus215.0035
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca110.3333   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis11.001   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus15.5010   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis17.7233   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia13.279   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus117.3065   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii147.25530250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus124.45137   
10010Gull, UnidentifiedLanus sp.22.002
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala19.8630   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea29.3536   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedArdea sp.55.005
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus118.64135   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash14.2413   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.575
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata11.332
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.332
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis13.209
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus11.001   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus16.1415   
246Lapwing, White-crownedVanellus albiceps44.004   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid14.8318
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.006   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax22.002   
74Openbill, AfricanAnastomus lamelligerus33.003   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.332
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini15.4325 24 
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus1616.0016   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula11.502   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola12.004   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius23.004   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris12.366   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus14.9210   
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni5252.0052 50 
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos14.6711  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1717.0017  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis66.006   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana33.003   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii29.7174   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba13.866   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus15.9625   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis14.0813   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha12.003   
292Tern, AntarcticSterna vittata33.003   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia13.207   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1458.00120   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii3103.101070500250200
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons27.0011   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis311.5731   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A120120.00120
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus110.0047   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A14.339
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp13.007
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis412.3041
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus12.385   
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Friday 31 July 2026 06:17
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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