Zwartkops River Estuary (33522538) | |
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Eastern Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
| IBA information | SA096 - SWARTKOPS ESTUARY & CHATTY SALT PANS |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1992-02-05 |
| Brief_description |
| Comprises an IBA with Redhouse and Chatty saltpans. Open estuary; little waterfowl habitat but good foraging and roosting site for shorebirds; large tern roost. Good winter counts of Cape Cormorant and Little Egret in 1994; other cormorants, and Sacred Ibis, African Spoonbill and Cape Teal, also normally peak in winter. Globally significant numbers of Kelp Gull, and nationally significant numbers of African Black Oystercatcher, highest in winter. In summer, high numbers of Palearctic shorebirds, especially Grey Plover, Turnstone, Terek and Curlew Sandpipers, Greenshank, Bartailed Godwit, Curlew and Whimbrel; also good winter counts of several of these species, and of Blackwinged Stilt and Whitefronted Plover. Roseate Tern recorded irregularly. Threats include sedimentation, reclamation, pollution (domestic sewage and solid waste), and overhead powerlines. She site is counted from the mouth to the navigational limit, excluding the top of some creeks. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | Calidris alba | 1 | 120.85 | 408 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 2.25 | 5 | ||||
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 3.86 | 9 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 1.88 | 5 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 180.84 | 1259 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 61.98 | 209 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 3 | 35.45 | 119 | |||
| 267 | Curlew, Eurasian | Numenius arquata | 1 | 20.68 | 85 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 5.56 | 13 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 10005 | Duck, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 7.91 | 51 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 2.82 | 10 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 14 | 84.81 | 222 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 8.54 | 30 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.40 | 3 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 4 | 103.61 | 233 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 19.00 | 68 | |||
| 266 | Godwit, Bar-tailed | Limosa lapponica | 1 | 39.28 | 171 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser domesticus | 3 | 7.35 | 18 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 21.86 | 72 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 7.00 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 9.15 | 32 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 112.80 | 335 | |||
| 932 | Gull, Franklin's | Leucophaeus pipixcan | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 3 | 150.21 | 763 | 500 | ||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 1 | 16.68 | 86 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 261 | 879.13 | 2109 | 300 | 150 | 700 |
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.10 | 2 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.79 | 4 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 2.18 | 4 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 13.91 | 38 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.72 | 4 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 10 | 93.75 | 194 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 2.88 | 8 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.63 | 4 | |||
| 396 | Kingfisher, Half-collared | Alcedo semitorquata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 11.10 | 26 | |||
| 254 | Knot, Red | Calidris canutus | 1 | 7.59 | 71 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 42.70 | 161 | |||
| 10015 | Mallard, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.13 | 3 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 20 | 37.91 | 61 | 48 | 24 | 55 |
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 236 | Plover, Chestnut-banded | Charadrius pallidus | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 106.08 | 301 | |||
| 239 | Plover, Greater Sand | Charadrius leschenaultii | 1 | 10.48 | 47 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 33 | 308.78 | 721 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 27.31 | 169 | |||
| 234 | Plover, Siberian Sand | Charadrius mongolus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 5.51 | 23 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 46.83 | 161 | 125 | ||
| 261 | Redshank, Common | Tringa totanus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 981 | Sandpiper, Broad-billed | Calidris falcinellus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 3.76 | 13 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 513.04 | 2099 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 3.40 | 11 | |||
| 257 | Sandpiper, Terek | Xenus cinereus | 1 | 76.98 | 260 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 2 | 3.52 | 13 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 24.74 | 108 | 75 | ||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 64.48 | 315 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 2 | 50.20 | 168 | |||
| 79 | Stork, Black | Ciconia nigra | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 8.63 | 39 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 292 | Tern, Antarctic | Sterna vittata | 10 | 10.00 | 10 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 3 | 9.83 | 22 | 20 | ||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 2 | 356.95 | 2906 | 1800 | ||
| 300 | Tern, Damara | Sternula balaenarum | 3 | 9.83 | 26 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 1 | 16.75 | 93 | |||
| 299 | Tern, Little | Sternula albifrons | 1 | 70.95 | 155 | |||
| 293 | Tern, Roseate | Sterna dougallii | 1 | 3.11 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 1 | 101.19 | 2793 | 1500 | 750 | 1700 |
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 3 | 163.13 | 643 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 1 | 4.48 | 13 | |||
| 232 | Turnstone, Ruddy | Arenaria interpres | 1 | 224.33 | 859 | 350 | 175 | |
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 18.89 | 49 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 87 | 362.81 | 923 |
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