Rooipoort Nature Reserve: Twin Gates - Shauws Drift (28312411) | |
|---|---|
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 | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2009-01-27 |
| Brief_description |
| A linear count section done by boat. It stretches from Twin Gates in the north down to Shauws Drift in the south. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 13.50 | 26 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 20 | 49.00 | 78 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 14 | 28.00 | 42 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 2 | 16.50 | 31 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 2 | 3.50 | 5 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 3 | 17.50 | 32 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 17.00 | 32 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 2 | 4.50 | 7 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 3 | 3.50 | 4 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 7 | 12.00 | 17 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 12 | 15.00 | 18 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 2 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 25 | 25.00 | 25 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 4 | 6.00 | 8 |
Friday 11 October 2024 07:33
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department
of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
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