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Rocherpan Marine Protected Area (32361817)

Western Cape

CWAC status NEWLY REGISTERED
Authority CapeNature
Management status MARINE PROTECTED AREA
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
Heritage information
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Information 

Date_registered
2018-01-30
Brief_description
It includes the marine protected area of the reserve. The area between the foot of the coastal dune and approximately 100m off-shore; just beyond the breaker line.
Physical_features
Open flat coastal beach. Sandy beach, no rocks.
Hydrological_features
Marine.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255Calidris alba123123.00123   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis5813.986501550027503000
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus5136.641006  130
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus610.5015   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor611.0016   
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis18204.80774
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis11.001   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus23.004   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii254.16655250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus1080.01416300150 
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus11.001   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini25.8944 24 
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus44.004   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius14.8225   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris66.006   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus05.9036   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta22.002   
1274Teal, Green-wingedAnas carolinensis44.004
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo2308.251014   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii7142.81907500250200
297Tern, Lesser CrestedThalasseus bengalensis1339.5066   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis466.18315   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis12.126
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Saturday 21 December 2024 06:51
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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