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Spoeg River Mouth (30281721)

Northern Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation
Management status NATIONAL PARK
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2005-11-18
Brief_description
Covers the beach at the mouth and then up to the Spoeg River Caves about 1 km upstream.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax11.001  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata921.2972   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis14.508   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus12.604   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A44.004
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.001   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus29.0021   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca24.7511   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis15.178   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.001   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii15.7515   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus428.00148   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.292   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus33.003   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus11.674   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini22.002   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris22.002   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus110.2517   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos13.005  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea22.002  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana12.505   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii13.004   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus11.672   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta23.004   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis28.1715   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia44.004   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii44.004   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis23.505   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A39.0015
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis24.716
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Friday 29 March 2024 04:23
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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