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 | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
|---|
| Date_registered |
| 1998-01-30 |
| Brief_description |
| Site counted from the Hohenfels Ruiens up to the Skilpadberg turn. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | , Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.29 | 2 | |||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 2 | 9.00 | 22 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 7 | 23.67 | 33 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 2.63 | 6 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 9.00 | 41 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 3.25 | 8 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 4 | 97.37 | 507 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 2 | 27.63 | 154 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.63 | 3 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.92 | 5 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 3 | 14.60 | 39 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 4.50 | 12 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 7.20 | 22 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.63 | 4 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1 | 3.33 | 9 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 2.10 | 3 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 113.27 | 306 | 210 | ||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 3.38 | 7 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 4 | 9.00 | 14 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 46.50 | 200 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 3 | 3.25 | 4 | |||
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 3.40 | 8 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 7.06 | 13 |
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