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Wadrif Saltpan (32131821)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority CapeNature
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
Heritage information
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Information 

Date_registered
1998-01-22
Brief_description
Seasonal saline wetland. When conditions are favourable the site can hold large numbers of nomadic waterbirds such as flamingos and ducks.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax195.10328  
1016Anas platyrhynchos13.678
255Calidris alba136.90195   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta1102.97969250125190
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1224.50943   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus17.3339   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus13.809   
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea13.2710   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.672   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa125.80103  75
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A6363.0063
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata3111.88534   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.172
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta15.5010   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus3301.9438991250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1372.045257  600
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca174.471000   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis110.7345   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis256.71639250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus13.338   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis131.75219   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.925   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus13.336   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii1135.10557250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus15.7933   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus22.002
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus22.002
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.293   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.8713   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus14.278   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus110.4025   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash14.4118   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus17.8036   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus12.003   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini14.6024 24 
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus29.3317   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus117.94126   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula116.00162   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola12.003   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius245.10211   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris17.1657   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus123.1196   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma128.83154   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos18.0022  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1168.551725  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis244.33120   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola25.3311   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana186.251365420210500
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii2113.28509350175350
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus159.86510 500 
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1157.262864   
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota22.002   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis1110.241079   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha261.67213   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia127.171571356820
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo41825.1411739800040001800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii1274.852743500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis138.75100   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus222.0042   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A30366.67883
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis55.005
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Friday 26 April 2024 02:39
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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