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Klein Brak Estuary: Mouth - N2 Bridge (34052208)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2006-04-06
Brief_description
Counts are done at six points, by vehicle. See digital map.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta11.502   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata22.002   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis111.2536   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus14.829   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus110.5327   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata22.002   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.332   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid11.001
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata22.002   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata16.7512   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta12.947   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis33.003   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca22.433   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis22.002   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis12.298   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia14.009   
932Gull, Franklin'sLeucophaeus pipixcan99.009
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus14.389   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii22.002   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus520.2048   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.502   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.075   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus34.005   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash12.203   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.142
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.004
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus12.788   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus12.003
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini19.5633 24 
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula1818.0018   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola33.003   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius22.002   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris33.003   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus29.1436   
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.001   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii23.004   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus23.838   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta55.005   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis22.503   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha11.001   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia12.576   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo13.006   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii284.92430 250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis14.338   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus14.339   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis25.7512
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus13.909   
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Tuesday 02 September 2025 04:06
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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