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Hartenbos Estuary (34072207)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2005-11-08
Brief_description
Counts are conducted from the river mouth up to the N2 Bridge.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta22.002   
1016Anas platyrhynchos214.4740
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta424.5066   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata129.90231   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis16.1315   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus113.2370   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus128.23102   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata4747.0047   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa16.0017   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus13.1010
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid67.008
10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billedAnas platyrhynchos x undulata1212.0012
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.24.006
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata115.4769   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba44.004   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta18.8732   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis110.3329   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.332
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus643.2087   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor44.004   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus22.002
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca13.579   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis66.006   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis19.8868   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia13.7515   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus125.41207   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii411.7524   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus435.96151 150 
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.206   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea18.1627   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.332   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus17.0036   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash13.176   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.252
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus22.002
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.216
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus16.4815   
246Lapwing, White-crownedVanellus albiceps22.002   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid35.208
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.0018   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax44.004   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini13.008   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius15.0011   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris14.4439   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus26.5615   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea11.001  
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii18.7123   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba15.4322   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus113.0043   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta33.504   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis115.0679   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha12.135   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia12.3810   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo2153.461548   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii224.1585   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons515.0025   
935Tern, RoyalThalasseus maximus11.001 
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis1025.6774   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus113.2141   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp22.002
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis18.0447
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Friday 30 January 2026 07:32
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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