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De Mond Estuary (34432007)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Cape Nature
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information SA121 - HEUNINGNES RIVER & ESTUARY SYSTEM
Ramsar information ZA003 - De Mond Estuary
Heritage information
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Information 

Date_registered
1993-07-19
Brief_description
Ramsar site and IBA. The De Mond State Forest/Heuningnes River Estuary is one of the few breeding sites for the globally near-threatened Damara Tern (total population c. 14450 birds): 5-7 breeding pairs of this African endemic species are recorded. Heuningnes is the most southerly estuary in Africa. Its dune areas and pebble slacks are important nesting sites for birds; it also has breeding African Black Oystercatchers, Caspian Terns and Kelp Gulls. Biomass and total count graphs reflect large numbers of small shorebirds in summer and smaller numbers of large birds in winter. Critical threats include oil pollution and dam building; it is also threatened by human encroachment and chemical pollution.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
896Calidris alpina11.001
255Calidris alba139.91210   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata146146.00146   
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus44.004   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis125.35405   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus111.1050 26 
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus215.7944   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus124.48133  130
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea67.008   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata15.0013   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.3011   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos1111.0011   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata15.0014   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer12.204
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.004   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.5813   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis25.337   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus125.31130   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor11.001   
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis24.336
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica13.7516   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca24.147   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis27.3311   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis27.7515   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia16.3524   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus12.786   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii11.562   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus232.50124   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.914
170Harrier, Montagu'sCircus pygargus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.502   
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax13.605   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.695   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.217   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.502   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus14.2511   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash23.867   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima12.134
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.502
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.939
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus628.0070   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus18.6333   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini16.0444 24 
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus142.25100   
2Penguin, AfricanSpheniscus demersus11.001
922Plover, American GoldenPluvialis dominica11.001
240Plover, CaspianCharadrius asiaticus13.005   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus331.0068   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula272.26382   
239Plover, Greater SandCharadrius leschenaultii11.001   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola222.8384   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius221.4062   
234Plover, Lesser SandCharadrius mongolus33.003   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris47.0010   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus222.54107   
981Sandpiper, Broad-billedCalidris falcinellus11.001
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos14.0010  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1114.89596  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.402   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus14.8319 
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana26.5011   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii313.7524   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis33.003   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba14.4011   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus22.002   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta2101.27291   
985Stint, Temminck'sCalidris temminckii11.001
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia55.005  1
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis25.5014   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha11.001   
294Tern, ArcticSterna paradisaea248.00109  
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia15.0525  20
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1345.634152 40001800
300Tern, DamaraSternula balaenarum14.6911   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii1369.046000500250200
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons113.0060   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis281.60600   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A213.0024
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus25.8617   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres25.7316   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A235.3397
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis15.2021
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus16.5723   
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Friday 29 March 2024 02:09
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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