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Thesen's Island: Section A (34042301)

Western Cape

CWAC status DISCONTINUED
Authority South African National Parks
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2004-11-24
Brief_description
Section A comprises the west shore of Thesen's Island.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta22.002   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis111.3849   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus18.1649   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus11.505   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata12.245   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.0523   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis16.8616   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca13.889   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis12.714   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia13.1325   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus99.009   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus214.1656   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.854   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus15.6127   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash11.757   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.292
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus13.258   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini14.0311   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula17.5350   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola12.948   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius14.8318   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris99.009   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus13.6616   
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea123.55163  
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba14.2317   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus13.339   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis11.502   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia12.004   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo17.0945   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii111.2050   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis11.001   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres11.001   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis13.6311
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus12.175   
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Friday 29 March 2024 03:37
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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