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Species list (Alphabetical)

RefNameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
4150Albatross, ShyThalassarche cauta031.77159
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta163.073801250125190
66Bittern, DwarfIxobrychus sturmii11.978   
71Bittern, EurasianBotaurus stellaris11.223   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.61338 250 
4136Black-backed Gull, LesserLarus fuscus115.0469 
46Booby, BrownSula leucogaster11.001
1027Booby, Red-footedSula sula135.80134
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1298.36300305000250010000
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus043.44262818090110
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis0947.2760000550027503000
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus128.13546532685
9638Cormorant, GreatPhalacrocorax carbo158.75219130
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus030.912197   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus040.19515750002500130
273Crab-plover, Crab-ploverDromas ardeola0180.641112700
199Crake, AfricanCrex egregia12.4613-1
202Crake, Baillon'sZaporina pusilla12.2315
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra15.20280
198Crake, CornCrex crex11.001 
201Crake, SpottedPorzana porzana11.001
200Crake, StripedAenigmatolimnas marginalis11.001 
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea110.33299210105260
214Crane, Grey CrownedBalearica regulorum116.12282  80
215Crane, WattledGrus carunculata16.1842  2
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata118.661373  1000
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa017.56835500250 
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa15.051237600300250
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus16.0376
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor121.841184   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid14.2250
10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billedAnas platyrhynchos x undulata17.9143
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos130.341020   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa121.35108043021575
1017Duck, MandarinAix galericulata11.596
10003Duck, MuscovyCairina moschata110.6652
1298Duck, TuftedAythya fuligula11.252
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.128.291500
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus115.27550220110250
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata169.545600   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata056.01482217008501000
896Dunlin, DunlinCalidris alpina12.335
2188Egret, DimorphicEgretta dimorpha19.1951
58Egret, GreatArdea alba111.951833500250 
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia04.83395   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta010.5710281000500 
982Egret, SlatyEgretta vinaceigula113.59145804040
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis074.876233 5000 
14799Egret, Yellow-billedEgretta brachyrhyncha01.786   
213Finfoot, AfricanPodica senegalensis12.0427 
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer13.0999
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1299.88241701250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1471.99500002000010000600
10016Flamingo, UnidentifiedPhoeniconaias sp.1450.923000
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa12.2914
209Gallinule, Allen'sPorphyrio alleni14.8858 
893Gallinule, PurplePorphyrio martinica12.6514
43Gannet, AustralasianMorus serrator11.553
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis08359.1242000
885Garganey, GarganeyAnas querquedula126.14108
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica155.083000   
265Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosa12.8528 
92Goose, African Pygmy Nettapus auritus120.13320   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus113.39363
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca0125.969846350017503200
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis049.993462 1875710
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis175.672474250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus115.005585025100
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis141.321813500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia121.851175 1150 
933Gull, Black-headedChroicocephalus ridibundus123.22400
932Gull, Franklin'sLeucophaeus pipixcan17.6771
2062Gull, Great Black-backedLarus marinus195.78780
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus077.58405510005003000
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii0139.143543250125300
2042Gull, Heuglin'sLarus heuglini123.02150
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus0132.137525300150700
901Gull, Sabine'sXema sabini11.001
1078Gull, Slender-billedChroicocephalus genei3030.0030
2058Gull, SootyIchthyaetus hemprichii1249.372930
10010Gull, UnidentifiedLanus sp.1100.931155
72Hamerkop, HamerkopScopus umbretta12.4440   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.8120
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.475
170Harrier, Montagu'sCircus pygargus11.082
168Harrier, PallidCircus macrourus11.865
166Harrier, Western MarshCircus aeruginosus11.353
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca14.80161   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala14.90156   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath15.97168 125 
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea07.99653   
1015Heron, Little BlueEgretta caerulea11.001
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea13.231043500250 
65Heron, Rufous-belliedArdeola rufiventris11.504   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides17.49321 250 
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata13.8763   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedArdea sp.125.75729
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus047.014091200010003000
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus122.6710151000500 
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash010.15526 500 
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus115.72772   
229Jacana, LesserMicroparra capensis15.0555   
284Jaeger, ParasiticStercorarius parasiticus11.001
402Kingfisher, Brown-hoodedHalcyon albiventris11.112
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima01.9632
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata11.768
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus02.6591
400Kingfisher, MangroveHalcyon senegaloides11.687
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis05.69101
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus1366.056219500025004000
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus16.3090   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus028.251221   
248Lapwing, Long-toedVanellus crassirostris115.7145   
1031Lapwing, Spur-wingedVanellus spinosus171.882000
246Lapwing, White-crownedVanellus albiceps13.8422   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid119.54207
1016Mallard, MallardAnas platyrhynchos16.19201
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus117.95484   
211Moorhen, LesserParagallinula angulata17.33420
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax05.43343 250 
70Night Heron, White-backedGorsachius leuconotus12.389   
303Noddy, BrownAnous stolidus1111.0011 
939Noddy, LesserAnous tenuirostris11.001
74Openbill, AfricanAnastomus lamelligerus135.2814931000500 
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.478
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis12.3728
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis12.4335
370Owl, Pel's Fishing Scotopelia peli11.102
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini014.69493482455
894Oystercatcher, EurasianHaematopus ostralegus11.486
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis12.6037   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus170.5372401800900300
41Pelican, Pink-backedPelecanus rufescens127.03754 500750
2Penguin, AfricanSpheniscus demersus184.811404
16Petrel, Great-wingedPterodroma macroptera2020.0020
4137Petrel, White-chinnedProcellaria aequinoctialis12.004
271Phalarope, RedPhalaropus fulicarius11.001
272Phalarope, Red-neckedPhalaropus lobatus12.117
886Pintail, NorthernAnas acuta16.0011
922Plover, American GoldenPluvialis dominica11.634
240Plover, CaspianCharadrius asiaticus14.9423   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus124.99581400200130
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula142.472028 15001900
239Plover, Greater SandCharadrius leschenaultii164.161600650325350
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola1124.0082281700850900
2002Plover, KentishCharadrius alexandrinus4040.0040
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius026.7710391000500 
955Plover, Little RingedCharadrius dubius179.40364
1039Plover, Pacific GoldenPluvialis fulva18.7949
234Plover, Siberian SandCharadrius mongolus1180.3715002501251250
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris07.99260   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus023.12473250125180
1296Pochard, CommonAythya ferina18.6716
978Pochard, HybridAythya hybrid11.001
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina12.547
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma138.841332500250460
883Pond Heron, MalagasyArdeola idae11.001 
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni11127.5876500100501700
281Pratincole, CollaredGlareola pratincola118.84500 500 
898Pratincole, MadagascanGlareola ocularis1162.92887
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens13.1725-1
261Redshank, CommonTringa totanus15.1176
260Redshank, SpottedTringa erythropus11.001 
256Ruff, RuffCalidris pugnax181.3112155 10000
255Sanderling, SanderlingCalidris alba1112.584950220011001200
981Sandpiper, Broad-billedCalidris falcinellus117.67104
926Sandpiper, Buff-breastedCalidris subruficollis11.001
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos16.82715  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1407.462534775003750
259Sandpiper, GreenTringa ochropus13.2315
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis110.49850550275710
895Sandpiper, PectoralCalidris melanotos11.413
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus139.501121 
997Sandpiper, White-rumpedCalidris fuscicollis66.006
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola18.44470   
10012Seabird, UnidentifiedN/A N/A175.48549
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana056.336447420210500
1342Shelduck, CommonTadorna tadorna112.71123
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii157.112046350175350
93Shoveler, NorthernAnas clypeata11.503
306Skimmer, AfricanRynchops flavirostris16.9376 50 
286Skua, SubantarcticStercorarius antarcticus126.00100
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis16.01128   
249Snipe, GreatGallinago media12.145   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba115.451340150751000
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus135.01321210005001400
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1122.955589 5000 
972Stint, Long-toedCalidris subminuta11.001
897Stint, Red-neckedCalidris ruficollis11.001
985Stint, Temminck'sCalidris temminckii12.676
78Stork, Abdim'sCiconia abdimii176.65500   
14836Stork, Africa Woolly-neckedCiconia microscelis13.005   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra12.2723158 
73Stork, MarabouLeptoptilos crumenifer186.96811 500 
75Stork, Saddle-billedEphippiorhynchus senegalensis13.13112 75 
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia145.691500  1
77Stork, Woolly-neckedCiconia episcopus15.85183   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis119.341360500250870
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis15.5118010050
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus11.454
884Swan, MuteCygnus olor11.404
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota111.741100  1000
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis151.072200 17501600
1274Teal, Green-wingedAnas carolinensis1198.251100
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha031.471676   
292Tern, AntarcticSterna vittata0179.5710267035122
294Tern, ArcticSterna paradisaea178.212004  
903Tern, BlackChlidonias niger11.001   
936Tern, BridledOnychoprion anaethetus11.001 
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia115.499651356820
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo0306.3680000800040001800
300Tern, DamaraSternula balaenarum112.0472 65 
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii073.186700500250200
902Tern, Gull-billedGelochelidon nilotica153.68834380
297Tern, Lesser CrestedThalasseus bengalensis1201.0914280250125440
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons160.9860001000500490
293Tern, RoseateSterna dougallii1149.1244654002008
935Tern, RoyalThalasseus maximus11.502 
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis148.63302715007501700
2070Tern, Saunders'sSternula saundersi1631.9325130
295Tern, SootyOnychoprion fuscatus129.71165
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A1182.5735000
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida125.176641507585
938Tern, White-cheekedSterna repressa228.3380 
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus1166.91646420001000 
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus17.25119   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres1137.7645873501751000
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A1211.9323793
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp14.7758
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis014.56525
690Wagtail, GreyMotacilla cinerea16.2014
688Wagtail, MountainMotacilla clara14.4224
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava06.2247
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus151.932000   
14206Whimbrel, SteppeNumenius phaeopus11.001 
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