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Paardeberg Wetlands (previously Rooifontein Pan) (28482449)

Northern Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY
Authority Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation
Management status PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2001-07-14

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax2020.5021  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta37.3310   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata420.1741   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus11.673   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus22.002   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra22.002
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa22.002   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata413.0022   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata113.3326   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis1025.6743   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus171.50142   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor3217.00638  600
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca15.2010   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis15.5017   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis33.003   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis15.6710   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia22.503   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus55.005   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea44.004   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus13.005   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus118.0052   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus15.259   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius48.2020   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.009   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma35.007   
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea3939.0039  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis45.006   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.502   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana213.1730   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii218.8336   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis13.506   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus226.3336   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta3250.3360   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.001  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota18.8316   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis27.8316   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha26.6014   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A12.504
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis13.336
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Sunday 07 June 2026 07:14
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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