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Barberspan (26352535)

North West

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority North West Parks and Tourism Board
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information SA026 - BARBERSPAN & LEEUPAN
Ramsar information ZA002 - Barberspan
Heritage information
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Information 

Date_registered
1993-01-23

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.252   
1016Anas platyrhynchos44.004
256Calidris pugnax148.26254  
255Calidris alba129129.00129   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta14.3612   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.503   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata735266.89156285000250010000
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis120120.00120   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus2113.68631   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus1327.001717  130
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.567
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata15.0012   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa153.10389 250 
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa23.005   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor15.5013   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos12.135   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa13.677   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.11.672
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus19.7146   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata152.08338   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata1397.81235917008501000
58Egret, GreatArdea alba115.3882   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia110.0862   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta112.97113   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis184.77517   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer13.5813
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus2128.06855 625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor181.67326   
893Gallinule, PurplePorphyrio martinica11.001
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica11.001   
265Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosa11.673 
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca91182.234981350017503200
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis1253.512350 1875710
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis126.50150 125 
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus364.413615025100
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis1110.82912500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia15.9226   
933Gull, Black-headedChroicocephalus ridibundus16.6720
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus276.89286   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.332
170Harrier, Montagu'sCircus pygargus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca15.9516   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala120.97138   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath214.2258   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea112.4732   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.056   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides117.9186   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata77.007   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus118.8675   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus133.00235   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash110.9075   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus13.4011   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus22.002
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis18.0031
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus25153.56324   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid22.002
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus145.63294   
211Moorhen, LesserParagallinula angulata33.003
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax115.63100   
70Night Heron, White-backedGorsachius leuconotus11.001   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.253
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis11.603
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis12.005
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus15.509   
41Pelican, Pink-backedPelecanus rufescens112.4146   
240Plover, CaspianCharadrius asiaticus11.502   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus14.5812   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula122.6896   
239Plover, Greater SandCharadrius leschenaultii202202.00202   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius3113.42329   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris125.9088   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus56.508   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma178.13904500250460
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni2274.0069010050 
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens14.3311-1
926Sandpiper, Buff-breastedCalidris subruficollis11.001
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos112.6557  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea163.09374  
259Sandpiper, GreenTringa ochropus11.001
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis19.9155   
895Sandpiper, PectoralCalidris melanotos11.001
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus11.001 
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola16.0045   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana264.06292 210 
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii227.38147   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis12.637   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba128.91138 75 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus239.70115   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1260.501668   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia11.001  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis110.5229   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis17.3056 50
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota15.6923   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis219.37134   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha380.60628   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia176.043591356820
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A28622862.002862
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida1102.954441507585
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus1143.57762   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus22.002   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A112.6035
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp17.6720
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis127.67165
690Wagtail, GreyMotacilla cinerea11.001
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava14.0011
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus11.001   
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Friday 30 January 2026 09:18
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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