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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
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Date_registered
2007-01-15
Brief_description
This section runs from the Hamerkop turn upstream to the Fiddlers Creek camp site.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata17.3316   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus210.5016   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus14.6011   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa1184.40268 250 
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa23.004   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa11.001   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta14.2010   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis45.006   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.672
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca1050.20107   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis415.7533   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.203   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea36.4010   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus22.002   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash25.8010   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.673
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus15.5010
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis37.0018
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus27.0013   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.001   
74Openbill, AfricanAnastomus lamelligerus22.002   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris23.505   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba33.003   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis22.002  
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha22.002   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp22.002
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis19.0023
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Wednesday 30 October 2024 11:58
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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