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Hartenbos Estuary (34072207)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA 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
1016Anas platyrhynchos214.6740
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta427.4066   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata130.21231   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis15.8315   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus19.4345   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus124.04102   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata4747.0047   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa15.5617   
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 undulata111.6450   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba44.004   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta16.6519   
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 aegyptiaca13.589   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis66.006   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis110.7368   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia13.7515   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus118.11115   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii49.5015   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus437.46151 150 
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.506   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea17.1823   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus11.332   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash13.176   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.252
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus22.002
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.086
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus26.5515   
246Lapwing, White-crownedVanellus albiceps22.002   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid55.506
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.0818   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini12.878   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius15.0011   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris14.7539   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus27.1415   
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea11.001  
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii18.3823   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba15.1722   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus213.6743   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta33.504   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis114.2079   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha12.205   
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 vermiculatus19.4540   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp22.002
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis15.7122
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Saturday 19 April 2025 12:42
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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