Orange River: Sjambok - Hamerkop (28381725) | |
|---|---|
Northern Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED |
| Authority | Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
|---|
| Date_registered |
| 2007-01-16 |
| Brief_description |
| This section runs from Sjambok in the north to Hamerkop in the south. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 5 | 16.33 | 27 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 35 | 64.33 | 79 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 3.50 | 6 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 2 | 4.67 | 7 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 5 | 12.00 | 20 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 3 | 7.33 | 10 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 5 | 8.33 | 12 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 2.67 | 4 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 7 | 14.67 | 29 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 3.00 | 7 |
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