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Botriviervlei: B Fisherhaven to Meerensee (34221907)

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
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
1016Anas platyrhynchos22.002
255Calidris alba35.7510   
256Calidris pugnax11.001  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta39.7517   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1330.112200   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis143.45510   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus12.004   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus137.51302   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus114.4555   
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea23.004   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata11.001   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.936   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.114.3670
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata44.505   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata143.501172 8501000
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia12.576   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta15.0916   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis13.838   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.434
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1164.6813991250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor151.56175   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus11.502
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca115.87164   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis110.4873   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis111.1340   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus15.1322   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis17.2223   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia16.8738   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.675   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii148.40234 125 
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus386.96381300150 
10010Gull, UnidentifiedLanus sp.15182.50350
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.102
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.005   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea15.6952   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea13.8613   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus119.5696   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus12.206   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash14.2719   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.899
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus19.9337   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.001   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.252
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini15.9217   
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.001   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus113.5569   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula139.67412   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola19.5028   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius135.92180   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.3328   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus120.8284   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma14.007   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos12.118  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea132.43153  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.001   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus11.001 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola22.002   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.674   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii136.82182 175 
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba15.8120   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus115.3880   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta282.38554   
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota24.006   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis212.6581   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha18.4037   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia15.7340  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1279.484468 40001800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii187.481353500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis177.97205815007501700
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A5297.621400
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus1616.0016   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus22.333   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A171.57250
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis19.2342
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus17.0428   
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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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