Olifants River Mouth North Bank (31411811) | |
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Western Cape | |
| CWAC status | NEWLY REGISTERED |
| Authority | |
| Management status | MINING PROPERTY |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2016-02-08 |
| Brief_description |
| Saline estuary, Oliphants River. Part of count area is coastline. The count is done from a point opposite the Papendorp jetty to the Atlantic. A sand island in the estuary is part of the count, as is a rocky island a short distance from the shore in the sea. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 49 | Cormorant, Bank | Phalacrocorax neglectus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 52 | 88.00 | 157 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 18 | 22.00 | 28 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
| 149 | Eagle, African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 2 | 5.33 | 7 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 109 | 128.00 | 150 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 3 | 51.50 | 100 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 4 | 6.67 | 8 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 16 | 17.67 | 21 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 37 | 44.67 | 57 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 2 | 14.00 | 27 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 3 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 4.50 | 7 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 6 | 15.33 | 20 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 3 | 17.00 | 31 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 23.67 | 35 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.33 | 6 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 5 | 6.67 | 10 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 4.33 | 8 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 13 | 13.00 | 13 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 2.67 | 4 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 4 | 8.00 | 12 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 20 | 20.00 | 20 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 2 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 234 | 338.00 | 450 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 1 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 5 | 75.00 | 200 | |||
| 232 | Turnstone, Ruddy | Arenaria interpres | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 50 | 125.00 | 200 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 5 | 11.33 | 17 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 1 | 5.50 | 10 |
Wednesday 17 April 2024 01:28
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department
of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
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