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Rooipoort Nature Reserve: Shauws Drift - Davis Drift2 (28352407)

Northern Cape

CWAC status NEWLY REGISTERED
Authority Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2009-01-26
Brief_description
A linear count section done by boat. It stretches from Shauws Drift in the north down to Davis Drift in the south.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta22.002   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1428.5043   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus57102.00147   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus828.0048   
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra33.504
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa5292.50133   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa67.008   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata1645.0074   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer66.006
58Egret, GreatArdea alba44.004   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta24.006   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis1010.0010   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca2738.0049   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis99.009   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis2042.0064   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia44.004   
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax22.002   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath22.503   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.001   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides23.505   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata24.006   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus11.001   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash26.0010   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima89.5011
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus1620.0024
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis1717.5018
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus56.508   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus812.5017   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris22.002   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola22.002   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana214.0026   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba33.003   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus77.007   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis3240.5049
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Friday 29 March 2024 07:36
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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