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Edith Stephens Wetland Park: Isotes Vlei (34001832)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY
Authority City of Cape Town Biodiversity Management Branch
Management status TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status PARTLY PROTECTED
IBA information
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Date_registered
2003-09-26
Brief_description
A small section of seasonal wetland situated within the Edith Stephens Wetland Park. This section forms part of the bigger seasonal wetlant but it has been sectioned of, due to a rare plant species Isoetes capensis, occurring there.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata15.3116   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus14.5316   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus11.442   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.001
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.252   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa22.002   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor11.001   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa33.003   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata12.404   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata28.1326   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia12.005   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.202   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis19.4785   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus111.0021   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor13.506   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca16.6230   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis13.5820   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.001   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis14.1814   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii113.3881   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus112.8673   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.909   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.086   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.363   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus17.3820   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus14.5912   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash14.5210   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.673
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus16.8424   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus14.389   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.332   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.001   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma12.003   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii15.9020   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis13.079   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus14.8510   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.202  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota22.002   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis23.865   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha13.5011   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida12.004   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp13.506
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis13.9110
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Monday 27 July 2026 06:22
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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