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 | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
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). |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 2 | 4.33 | 6 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 9.80 | 27 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 76.80 | 271 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 4.50 | 8 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 3.80 | 11 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 2 | 11.00 | 31 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 3.25 | 6 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 2 | 39.18 | 95 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 32.83 | 77 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 37.67 | 133 | 125 | ||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 4.25 | 6 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 2 | 16.00 | 40 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 11.50 | 47 | |||
| 169 | Harrier, Black | Circus maurus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 6.20 | 17 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 2 | 6.50 | 11 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 2 | 4.57 | 8 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 2 | 6.50 | 17 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 12.43 | 30 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 5.25 | 16 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 6.37 | 33 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 6.33 | 21 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 8.67 | 27 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 3 | 22.57 | 53 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 14.11 | 32 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 300 | Tern, Damara | Sternula balaenarum | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 2 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
| 232 | Turnstone, Ruddy | Arenaria interpres | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 12.44 | 42 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 3.38 | 8 |
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