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Olifants River Mouth North Bank (31411811)

Western Cape

CWAC status NEWLY REGISTERED
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Management status MINING PROPERTY
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2016-02-08
Brief_description
Saline estuary, Oliphants River. Part of count area is coastline. The count is done from a point opposite the Papendorp jetty to the Atlantic. A sand island in the estuary is part of the count, as is a rocky island a short distance from the shore in the sea.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255, SanderlingCalidris alba2020.0020   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta66.006   
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus11.001   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis52218.50610   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus1818.0018   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus33.003   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus116.7528   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa14.7510   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata88.008   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta24.757   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus86117.50150   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor349.67100   
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica11.001   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca37.5012   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia49.0016   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii1620.7530   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus3041.0057   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.332   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus214.2527   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus88.008   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash77.007   
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis23.506
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus24.337   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini613.0020   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus317.0031   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula810.0012   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola44.004   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius124.0035   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.336   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus513.5034   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos14.338  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1313.0013  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana23.004   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba3030.0030   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus47.6712   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta2020.0020   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis1616.0016   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia23.005   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo234338.00450   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii133.00120   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis575.00200   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres1212.0012   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A50125.00200
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis511.3317
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus15.5010   
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Friday 11 October 2024 08:14
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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