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Olifants River Mouth Island (31391811)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority CapeNature
Management status
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2017-07-25
Brief_description
Shifting sandbanks in the Olifants River mouth. Used by terns and cormorants as a daytime roost.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax22.002  
255Calidris alba236.82100   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta110.3319   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis33727.0031500550027503000
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus14.7515   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus13.467   
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata11.502   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa22.002   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.705   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus110.6735   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia16.8628   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus12.007   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii217.5287   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus152.48282 150 
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.402   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus12.003   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus11.001   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini17.9324 24 
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus49.5015   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus11.673   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula15.2016   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola13.428   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius12.004   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris12.335   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus17.4423   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos231.0060  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea2037.0073  
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.001   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus11.001   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta114.1431   
294Tern, ArcticSterna paradisaea11.001  
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia13.509   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo109259.9580000800040001800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii4337.842000500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis145.1395   
268Whimbrel, Eurasian Numenius phaeopus12.207   
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Friday 26 April 2024 09:18
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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