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Thesen's Island: Combined (A,B,C & D) (34042304)

Western Cape

CWAC status DISCONTINUED
Authority South African National Parks
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Information 

Date_registered
2004-11-24
Brief_description
Residential marina. B: East of Thesen Island / South end of Ashmead channel C: Central part of Ashmead channel to eastern mouth of Thesen Island access canal. D: North Ashmead channel to Thesen Island causeway.
Ecological_features
The Island fall within the Knysna Lagoon.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis17.7521   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus535.62112   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus13.647   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata25.509   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata230.38113   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta122.3880   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis11.252   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca112.1031   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.001   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis13.808   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia3117.33227   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus1172.77150 150 
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala15.5010   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea411.9220   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus236.92100   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus44.004   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash29.2525   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.673
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis13.707
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus410.6231   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini514.7729 24 
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula1032.4078   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola687.75216   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius124.2364   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris22.002   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus27.4524   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos44.004  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea3430.881397  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis117.6751   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana11.502   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii312.3826   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba116.2272   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus929.00110   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis27.2917   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo112.2256   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii22.002   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis44.004   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres11.502   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis13.606
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus136.3166   
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Thursday 28 March 2024 06:18
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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