Orange River: Hamerkop - Fiddlers Creek (28411729) | |
|---|---|
Northern Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| 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 |
| 2007-01-15 |
| Brief_description |
| This section runs from the Hamerkop turn upstream to the Fiddlers Creek camp site. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 7.33 | 16 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 2 | 10.50 | 16 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 4.60 | 11 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 11 | 84.40 | 268 | 250 | ||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 2 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 4.20 | 10 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 4 | 5.00 | 6 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser domesticus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 10 | 50.20 | 107 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 4 | 15.75 | 33 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 2.20 | 3 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 3 | 6.40 | 10 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 2 | 5.80 | 10 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 5.50 | 10 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 3 | 7.00 | 18 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 7.00 | 13 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 74 | Openbill, African | Anastomus lamelligerus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 2 | 3.50 | 5 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 9.00 | 23 |
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