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Wildevoelvlei (34081821)

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
1992-01-16
Brief_description
After the first couple of years the search area shifted, due to safety and an algal bloom, in the late 1990s to the Wildevoelvlei Waste Water Treatment Works.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
1016Anas platyrhynchos13.258
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta2115.33440250125190
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.403   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1157.461038   
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus11.001   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis22.002   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus113.2967   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus110.7861   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.003
214Crane, Grey CrownedBalearica regulorum11.001   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa17.5425   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.304   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus12.094
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor210.0018   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid13.179
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa110.5842   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.25.6710
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus226.5795   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata22.002   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata375.76272   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia13.307   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.9716   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis18.4032   
14799Egret, Yellow-billedEgretta brachyrhyncha11.252   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.282
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus21121.43197   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor18.3320   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus11.142
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca133.57121   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis13.4218   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis124.7587   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus14.0017   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis267.50373 250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia114.0071   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.001   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii181.40286250125 
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus13.4915   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.032
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.3611   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea13.2512   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.906   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus114.9349   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus17.4753   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash13.6211   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.739
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis13.088
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus211.8337   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid12.185
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus114.5369   
211Moorhen, LesserParagallinula angulata22.002
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax15.1421   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius34.005   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.9221   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus22.002   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma17.5731   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola22.002   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana11.502   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii355.86235 175 
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba15.1518   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus132.4297   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.746  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota23.005   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis116.3479   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha14.6919   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.273   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo12.207   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii22.002   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida3957.6771   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus44.004   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus13.7712   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis13.299
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Friday 30 January 2026 09:18
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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