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Orange River: Bridge - Hohenfels (28331633)

Northern Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED
Authority Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation
Management status PRIVATE LAND
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1997-01-31
Brief_description
Site counted from the Sir Erenst Oppenheimer bridge up to the Hohenfels Ruiens.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
1016Anas platyrhynchos11.001
72Scopus umbretta11.714   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta917.2524   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata55.005   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus15.0015   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus120.1384   
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra11.001
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa16.2122   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.606   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos11.001   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata216.7496   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer12.475
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta16.6822   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis116.43111   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor55.005   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca6131.63472   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis133.60105   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis12.504   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia15.1517   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus22.002   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii12.888   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus13.9411   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax16.6424   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala13.9024   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.504   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea14.2617   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus1114.0020   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash15.7326   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.753
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.502
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis19.7626
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus324.0562   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.132
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus132.8094   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula33.003   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius120.8961   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris26.3219   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos13.537  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana252.84264 210 
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii25.008   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba18.4426   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus11.752   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta121.8853   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.001  
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis118.4046   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha214.5741   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia16.9318   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo14.508   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis13.506   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.803
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp13.678
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis832.1395
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Friday 29 March 2024 07:01
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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