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Groen River Mouth (30501734)

Northern Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation
Management status NATIONAL PARK
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2005-11-18
Brief_description
This site covers the beach at the river mouth, upstream up to where the road crosses the river (about 2.5 km).

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256, RuffCalidris pugnax24.336  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta110.2227   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata195.75271   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis11.001   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus13.8611   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.22.002
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata211.0031   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.256   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus239.1895   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor537.6077   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca11.252   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis141.00133 125 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis24.256   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia22.002   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.001   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii217.5640   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus110.4747   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.001   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash16.2017   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus22.002   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini26.5011   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola22.002   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius24.338   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris27.1417   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus112.8430   
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea16.0016  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana26.1833   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii19.0021   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus17.2519   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta321.8353   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis114.4132   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha22.002   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo22.002   
300Tern, DamaraSternula balaenarum11.001   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii23.004   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres12.003   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A113.0042
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis13.648
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Thursday 14 November 2024 01:12
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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