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McDougall's Bay (29171653)

Northern Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
2007-02-18
Brief_description
This site comprises the beach section as well as Matthew Rock just offshore.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax119.4088  
255Calidris alba157.00167   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta11.502   
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus180.0730018090110
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis221645.505604550027503000
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus979.31546532685
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus254.67130   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus129.89135  130
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus11.001
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta12.116   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis11.001   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus221.9152   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor11.503   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca1010.0010   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis11.001   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis143.47188 125 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis13.506   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia19.2121   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.673   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii9110.89520250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus2068.21160 150 
10010Gull, UnidentifiedLanus sp.99.009
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.444   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedArdea sp.11.001
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus222.50103   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash13.006   
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.006
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus14.459   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.332   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini427.3259482455
2Penguin, AfricanSpheniscus demersus11.001
922Plover, American GoldenPluvialis dominica33.003
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula14.389   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola12.887   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius11.672   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.118   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus455.46216 125180
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos99.009  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea162.28242  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana13.739   
1342Shelduck, CommonTadorna tadorna1414.0014
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus55.005   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta10106.14210   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis24.005   
1274Teal, Green-wingedAnas carolinensis99.009
294Tern, ArcticSterna paradisaea6565.0065  
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia12.504   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo11555.255100 40001800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii175.80436 250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis111.6730   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A143.00204
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres488.90324 175 
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A112.2095
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp11.001
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis838.11142
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus13.008   
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Sunday 27 April 2025 09:29
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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