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Species list (Alphabetical)

RefNameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
273, Crab-ploverDromas ardeola0187.151112700
896, DunlinCalidris alpina13.005
885, GarganeyAnas querquedula130.33108
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta12.4540   
1016, MallardAnas platyrhynchos16.23201
256, RuffCalidris pugnax181.6812155 10000
255, SanderlingCalidris alba1113.974950220011001200
4150Albatross, ShyThalassarche cauta031.77159
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta163.463801250125190
66Bittern, DwarfIxobrychus sturmii12.038   
71Bittern, EurasianBotaurus stellaris11.223   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.65338 250 
4136Black-backed Gull, LesserLarus fuscus115.2469 
46Booby, BrownSula leucogaster11.001
1027Booby, Red-footedSula sula135.80134
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1302.14300305000250010000
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus043.99262818090110
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis0955.5751009550027503000
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus128.80546532685
9638Cormorant, GreatPhalacrocorax carbo1110.00219130
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus031.072197   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus040.49515750002500130
199Crake, AfricanCrex egregia12.5013-1
202Crake, Baillon'sZaporina pusilla12.2315
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra15.22280
198Crake, CornCrex crex11.001 
201Crake, SpottedPorzana porzana11.001
200Crake, StripedAenigmatolimnas marginalis11.001 
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea110.32299210105260
214Crane, Grey CrownedBalearica regulorum116.36282  80
215Crane, WattledGrus carunculata16.3142  2
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata119.131373  1000
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa117.77835500250 
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa15.071237600300250
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus16.0876
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor121.831184   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid14.2250
10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billedAnas platyrhynchos x undulata16.1743
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos130.501020   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa121.50108043021575
1017Duck, MandarinAix galericulata11.596
10003Duck, MuscovyCairina moschata111.6552
1298Duck, TuftedAythya fuligula11.252
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.128.551500
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus115.40550220110250
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata169.725600   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata056.68482217008501000
2188Egret, DimorphicEgretta dimorpha19.1951
58Egret, GreatArdea alba112.081833500250 
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia04.84395   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta010.5310281000500 
982Egret, SlatyEgretta vinaceigula113.59145804040
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis075.976233 5000 
14243Egret, Yellow-billedEgretta brachyrhyncha33.003   
213Finfoot, AfricanPodica senegalensis12.0527 
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer13.1099
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1302.30241701250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1483.30500002000010000600
10016Flamingo, UnidentifiedPhoeniconaias sp.1450.923000
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa12.3314
209Gallinule, Allen'sPorphyrio alleni14.8858 
893Gallinule, PurplePorphyrio martinica12.9014
43Gannet, AustralasianMorus serrator11.543
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis07971.0340000
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica156.263000   
265Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosa12.8528 
92Goose, African Pygmy Nettapus auritus120.19320   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus113.37363
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca0127.189846350017503200
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis150.213462 1875710
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis175.952474250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus115.055585025100
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis141.701813500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia121.941175 1150 
933Gull, Black-headedChroicocephalus ridibundus123.22400
932Gull, Franklin'sLeucophaeus pipixcan17.6771
2062Gull, Great Black-backedLarus marinus195.78780
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus079.05405510005003000
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii0141.123543250125300
2042Gull, Heuglin'sLarus heuglini123.02150
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus0132.507525300150700
901Gull, Sabine'sXema sabini11.001
1078Gull, Slender-billedChroicocephalus genei3030.0030
2058Gull, SootyIchthyaetus hemprichii1249.372930
10010Gull, UnidentifiedLanus sp.1100.931155
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.8220
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.485
170Harrier, Montagu'sCircus pygargus11.082
168Harrier, PallidCircus macrourus11.865
166Harrier, Western MarshCircus aeruginosus11.343
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca14.75161   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala14.89156   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath16.07168 125 
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea08.02653   
1015Heron, Little BlueEgretta caerulea11.001
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea13.271043500250 
65Heron, Rufous-belliedArdeola rufiventris11.504   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides17.56321 250 
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata13.8963   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedArdea sp.128.28729
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus047.234091200010003000
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus122.7210151000500 
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash010.16526 500 
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus115.95772   
229Jacana, LesserMicroparra capensis15.1055   
284Jaeger, ParasiticStercorarius parasiticus11.001
402Kingfisher, Brown-hoodedHalcyon albiventris11.112
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima01.9432
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata11.758
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus02.6791
400Kingfisher, MangroveHalcyon senegaloides11.687
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis05.70101
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus1373.736219500025004000
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus16.3790   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus028.441221   
248Lapwing, Long-toedVanellus crassirostris115.7145   
1031Lapwing, Spur-wingedVanellus spinosus171.882000
246Lapwing, White-crownedVanellus albiceps13.469   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid119.74207
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus118.07484   
211Moorhen, LesserParagallinula angulata17.39420
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax05.44343 250 
70Night Heron, White-backedGorsachius leuconotus12.439   
303Noddy, BrownAnous stolidus1111.0011 
939Noddy, LesserAnous tenuirostris11.001
74Openbill, AfricanAnastomus lamelligerus137.2614931000500 
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.478
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis12.3728
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis12.4535
370Owl, Pel's Fishing Scotopelia peli11.102
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini014.68493482455
894Oystercatcher, EurasianHaematopus ostralegus11.526
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis12.6137   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus171.2372401800900300
41Pelican, Pink-backedPelecanus rufescens126.01754 500750
2Penguin, AfricanSpheniscus demersus184.811404
16Petrel, Great-wingedPterodroma macroptera2020.0020
4137Petrel, White-chinnedProcellaria aequinoctialis12.004
271Phalarope, RedPhalaropus fulicarius11.001
272Phalarope, Red-neckedPhalaropus lobatus12.147
886Pintail, NorthernAnas acuta16.0011
922Plover, American GoldenPluvialis dominica11.714
240Plover, CaspianCharadrius asiaticus14.8323   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus125.09581400200130
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula142.732028 15001900
239Plover, Greater SandCharadrius leschenaultii165.151600650325350
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola1125.6582281700850900
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius026.73800 500 
955Plover, Little RingedCharadrius dubius179.40364
1039Plover, Pacific GoldenPluvialis fulva18.7949
234Plover, Siberian SandCharadrius mongolus1182.8315002501251250
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris08.07260   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus023.33473250125180
1296Pochard, CommonAythya ferina18.5016
978Pochard, HybridAythya hybrid11.001
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina12.547
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma139.161332500250460
883Pond Heron, MalagasyArdeola idae11.001 
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni11153.6476500100501700
281Pratincole, CollaredGlareola pratincola118.82500 500 
898Pratincole, MadagascanGlareola ocularis1162.92887
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens13.1925-1
261Redshank, CommonTringa totanus15.1976
260Redshank, SpottedTringa erythropus11.001 
981Sandpiper, Broad-billedCalidris falcinellus117.67104
926Sandpiper, Buff-breastedCalidris subruficollis11.001
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos16.84715  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1411.562534775003750
259Sandpiper, GreenTringa ochropus13.2315
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis110.58850550275710
895Sandpiper, PectoralCalidris melanotos11.443
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus139.651121 
997Sandpiper, White-rumpedCalidris fuscicollis66.006
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola18.43470   
10012Seabird, UnidentifiedN/A N/A175.48549
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana057.116447420210500
1342Shelduck, CommonTadorna tadorna112.71123
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii157.782046350175350
93Shoveler, NorthernAnas clypeata11.503
306Skimmer, AfricanRynchops flavirostris17.2176 50 
286Skua, SubantarcticStercorarius antarcticus126.00100
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis16.05128   
249Snipe, GreatGallinago media12.145   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba115.481340150751000
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus135.14321210005001400
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1122.575589 5000 
972Stint, Long-toedCalidris subminuta11.001
897Stint, Red-neckedCalidris ruficollis11.001
985Stint, Temminck'sCalidris temminckii12.676
78Stork, Abdim'sCiconia abdimii176.65500   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra12.2723158 
73Stork, MarabouLeptoptilos crumenifer187.63811 500 
75Stork, Saddle-billedEphippiorhynchus senegalensis12.5714   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia142.831500  1
77Stork, Woolly-neckedCiconia episcopus15.92183   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis117.381360500250870
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis15.5318010050
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus11.424
884Swan, MuteCygnus olor11.404
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota111.841100  1000
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis151.302200 17501600
1274Teal, Green-wingedAnas carolinensis1198.251100
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha031.751676   
292Tern, AntarcticSterna vittata0179.5710267035122
294Tern, ArcticSterna paradisaea175.572004  
903Tern, BlackChlidonias niger11.001   
936Tern, BridledOnychoprion anaethetus11.001 
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia115.809651356820
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo0312.8680000800040001800
300Tern, DamaraSternula balaenarum112.0072 65 
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii073.786700500250200
902Tern, Gull-billedGelochelidon nilotica153.68834380
297Tern, Lesser CrestedThalasseus bengalensis1202.3314280250125440
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons161.4860001000500490
293Tern, RoseateSterna dougallii1158.6844654002008
935Tern, RoyalThalasseus maximus11.502 
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis148.98302715007501700
2070Tern, Saunders'sSternula saundersi1631.9325130
295Tern, SootyOnychoprion fuscatus129.71165
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A1183.5835000
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida124.876641507585
938Tern, White-cheekedSterna repressa228.3380 
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus1168.84646420001000 
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus17.15119   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres1139.9745873501751000
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A1213.5523793
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp14.7958
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis014.67525
690Wagtail, GreyMotacilla cinerea16.2014
688Wagtail, MountainMotacilla clara14.4224
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava06.3147
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus151.922000   
14206Whimbrel, SteppeNumenius phaeopus11.001 
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FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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