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Goukamma Marine Protected Area (34032254)

Western Cape

CWAC status NEWLY REGISTERED
Authority Cape Nature
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information
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Date_registered
2013-04-12
Brief_description
The Goukamma Marine Protected Area is situated between the towns of Buffalo bay (East) and Sedgefield (West). The MPA adjoins the Goukamma Nature Reserve which are both managed by CapeNature. The count area only includes the area from the waters edge (spring low tide) to the top of the primary dune therefore the count is conducted on foot only. The extent of the MPA is 1 nautical sea mile and approximately 13 kilometres long. Goukamma MPA consists of approximately 5.5km of sandy shores, 5km of rocky shores and 3.5km of mixed rocky/sandy shore

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255Calidris alba229.5085   
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus1010.0010   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis114.8058   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus15.7514   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus844.56196  130
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia22.002   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta12.7512   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis11.001   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca15.5617   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus22.002   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus2495.30188 150 
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea01.333   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash14.437   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.135
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus1212.0012   
246Lapwing, White-crownedVanellus albiceps11.001   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini1556.15102482455
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula11.001   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus221.6254   
997Sandpiper, White-rumpedCalidris fuscicollis66.006
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia33.003   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo15.5010   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii1113.671000500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis12.004   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus23.004   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis419.0749
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus11.001   
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Friday 29 March 2024 11:50
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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