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Hartenbos Estuary (34072207)

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
2005-11-08
Brief_description
Counts are conducted from the river mouth up to the N2 Bridge.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta22.002   
1016Anas platyrhynchos214.4740
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta424.5066   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata129.55231   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis16.5715   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus111.9670   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus125.67102   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata4747.0047   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa16.1817   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus13.1010
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid67.008
10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billedAnas platyrhynchos x undulata1212.0012
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.24.006
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata115.4769   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba44.004   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta17.8632   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis110.3329   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.332
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus643.2087   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor44.004   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus22.002
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca13.779   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis66.006   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis110.3868   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia13.7515   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus117.55115   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii49.5015   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus436.52151 150 
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.206   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea17.2623   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.502   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus11.252   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash13.176   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.252
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus22.002
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.216
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus26.8715   
246Lapwing, White-crownedVanellus albiceps22.002   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid34.676
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.0018   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax44.004   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini13.068   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius15.0011   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris14.6539   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus27.0015   
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea11.001  
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii18.7123   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba15.4322   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus213.8643   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta33.504   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis115.3879   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha12.175   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia12.4210   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo237.18250   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii218.3683   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons515.0025   
935Tern, RoyalThalasseus maximus11.001 
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis1017.5035   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus112.0841   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp22.002
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis17.5947
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Tuesday 02 September 2025 04:07
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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