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Botriviervlei: A2 Fisherhaven to Benguela Cove (34211907)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Tygerberg Bird Club
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information SA118 - BOTRIVIERVLEI & KLEINMOND ESTUARY
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2005-03-17

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
1016Anas platyrhynchos11.001
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta11.804   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata199.81997   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis117.71131   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus33.003   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus136.76180   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus18.7429   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra22.002
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea11.802   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata11.001   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.8612   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus15.009
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.35.007
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata22.002   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata124.55217   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta12.6311   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis14.2515   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.415
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus256.11444   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor11.001   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus22.203
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca118.56193   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis115.33136   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis119.94110   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus16.9847 25 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis16.4423   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.9712   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus13.005   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii137.54652250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus231.14301300150 
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.313
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.5611   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.796   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.5012   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus18.0041   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus11.001   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash15.2227   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.332
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.499
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus14.8418   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.117   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini11.894   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus19.7268   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula12.204   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius18.0224   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.2017   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus11.502   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma11.001   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos12.0911  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea192.00250  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.001   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii18.6431   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.804   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus14.1621   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta125.2088   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.503  
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis16.8122   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha17.3318   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia12.2323  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo140.12216   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii16.3037   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis113.6480   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A113.2533
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis14.9328
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus12.008   
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Tuesday 02 September 2025 04:08
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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