Coega Saltpans (33472540) | |
|---|---|
Eastern Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | PRIVATE LAND |
| Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2008-04-30 |
| Brief_description |
| Portions of the original saltpan area are being lost to development as part of the Coega IDZ & Port of Ngqura developments. Count includes all of the saltpans, adjacent leakage ponds and Coega River from just above the N2 to the Port. The saltpans serve an a very important breeding site for Greyheaded Gull and Swift Tern. Other species that also breed there include both Near Threatened species, Caspian Tern and Chestnut-banded Plover as well as African Sacred Ibis. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 4 | 23.40 | 56 | ||||
| 255 | Calidris alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 2 | 30.88 | 105 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 10.13 | 23 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 3 | 15.00 | 26 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 7 | 47.50 | 186 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 5 | 22.20 | 69 | |||
| 216 | Crane, Blue | Grus paradisea | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 33 | 33.00 | 33 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 14 | 30.88 | 64 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 2 | 7.38 | 16 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 19 | 19.00 | 19 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 8 | 166.67 | 582 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 237.43 | 566 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 22.42 | 47 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 2.40 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 86.44 | 351 | 250 | 125 | 240 |
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 13.50 | 28 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 6.30 | 16 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 101.18 | 636 | 500 | ||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 1 | 6.63 | 21 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 13 | 110.08 | 367 | 300 | 150 | |
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.20 | 3 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 5.36 | 14 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 19.75 | 64 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 2 | 7.50 | 13 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 3.25 | 5 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 6 | 37.33 | 64 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 3.83 | 6 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 236 | Plover, Chestnut-banded | Charadrius pallidus | 6 | 29.58 | 54 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 107.71 | 203 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 23 | 67.17 | 119 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 4 | 15.83 | 41 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 3.00 | 7 | |||
| 261 | Redshank, Common | Tringa totanus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 6 | 76.67 | 300 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 3 | 11.40 | 22 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 70.91 | 254 | 210 | ||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 6 | 17.25 | 33 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 9.14 | 20 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 32 | 149.83 | 279 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 2 | 306.89 | 809 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 14 | 45.00 | 102 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 5.50 | 12 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 4.50 | 25 | 20 | ||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 1 | 7.00 | 21 | |||
| 300 | Tern, Damara | Sternula balaenarum | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 2 | 51.75 | 192 | |||
| 299 | Tern, Little | Sternula albifrons | 2 | 6.50 | 11 | |||
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 1 | 5.00 | 9 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 2 | 9.78 | 27 | |||
| 232 | Turnstone, Ruddy | Arenaria interpres | 1 | 4.75 | 11 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 4 | 28.58 | 68 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 2 | 2.50 | 3 |
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