Swartlintjies River Mouth (30151716) | |
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Northern Cape | |
| CWAC status | NEWLY REGISTERED |
| Authority | Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Rural Development and Land Reform |
| Management status | MINING PROPERTY |
| Conservation status | Not protected |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2023-07-11 |
| Brief_description |
| The site covers the dam that periodically forms upstream of the main mining road (counted from the road), the river going downstream from the main mining road to the beach (on foot), and the beach from the old pump station up to the estuary (on foot). |
| Physical_features |
| Estuary, with mining road through river upstream creating a dam upstream of the road. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 10 | 10.00 | 10 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 10 | 15.67 | 24 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 4 | 64.25 | 230 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 17.00 | 65 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 2.67 | 4 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 3 | 110.40 | 228 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 28.00 | 101 | |||
| 10016 | Flamingo, Unidentified | Phoeniconaias sp. | 180 | 180.00 | 180 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 3.00 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 51 | 95.20 | 153 | 125 | ||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 6.60 | 11 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 4 | 8.33 | 12 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 6.00 | 17 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 3 | 4.40 | 6 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 240 | Plover, Caspian | Charadrius asiaticus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 8 | 10.60 | 15 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 6.40 | 12 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 2 | 6.80 | 12 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 2 | 8.67 | 24 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 19 | 19.00 | 19 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 10 | 35.50 | 53 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 3.50 | 5 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 2.67 | 4 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 3 | 7.60 | 23 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 9 | 20.33 | 40 |
Saturday 19 April 2025 12:44
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department
of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
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