Data Zone
Country/territory: South Africa
IBA Criteria met: A1, A2, A3 (1998)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 24,000 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2013 | high | not assessed | high |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
The Tsitsikamma National Park extends approximately 24 000 hectares and is situated in the De Vasselot area of the Eastern Cape. It stretches for about 80 km from the mouth of the Groot River at Nature's Valley in the west to another Groot River. At least 280 bird species have been recorded and the offshore stacks and islands hold breeding White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus and Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Tsitsikama - Plettenberg Bay. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 06/12/2022.
