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Orange River: Hohenfels - Skilpadberg (28281637)

Northern Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED
Authority Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation
Management status PRIVATE LAND
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1998-01-30
Brief_description
Site counted from the Hohenfels Ruiens up to the Skilpadberg turn.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.292   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta29.0022   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus11.001   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus723.6733   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa12.636   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor11.001   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa11.001   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata19.0041   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.673
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.258   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis11.001   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca497.37507   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis227.63154   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis22.002   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.633   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus11.332   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax11.634   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.925   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata22.002   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash314.6039   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.502
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis14.5012
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus27.2022   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus13.339   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius44.004   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris12.103   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma22.002   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.001   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana1113.27306 210 
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba13.387   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis49.0014   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha146.50200   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia33.254   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis33.003   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp13.408
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis17.0613
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Friday 29 March 2024 08:55
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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