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Gouritz River: Mouth - Low-water bridge (34212153)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Cape Nature
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2000-02-10

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255Calidris alba16.3316   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata196196.00196   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis19.2427   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus66.006   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus14.1315   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus221.35102   
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea23.505   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata22.002   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.5610   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa22.333   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor55.005   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.502
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata88.008   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata110.1334   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer12.145
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.502   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia33.003   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.7810   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis35.677   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca240.00180   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis114.1147   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.001   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis46.3311   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia112.3638   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus44.004   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii22.503   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus264.48239 150 
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.332
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.673   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea14.0014   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus18.5025   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus3030.0030   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash111.7846   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.554
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis13.428
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus38.0013   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus111.0045   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus77.007   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini16.3831 24 
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula115.3336   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola17.7722   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius18.4232   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris114.6583   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus115.36168 125 
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos29.7924  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea111.5039  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis19.7755   
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus28.2522 
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana15.0015   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii29.0026   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.864   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus13.008   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta18.5047   
10007Swan, Black Cygnus atratus22.002
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota22.002   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis15.1017   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha28.0012   
294Tern, ArcticSterna paradisaea2121.0021  
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia14.4718   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo116.5067   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii223.0070   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons128.5056   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis127.44108   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A22.002
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.252   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A34.005
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis16.3627
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus18.2037   
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Friday 29 March 2024 10:06
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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