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Mud River Mouth (33291818)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information
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Date_registered
1998-02-22

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255Calidris alba738.78154   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta24.006   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata11.774   
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus23.436   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis1370.755120 27503000
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus18.0022   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus11.886   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus12.5310   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.672
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata13.277   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta22.002   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca13.258   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis11.332   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus11.001   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii169.41410250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus1185.10289 150 
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.203
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.644   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash11.001   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.132
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.001
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus12.384   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.312   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax12.888   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini414.6235 24 
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus66.006   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola12.504   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.823   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus110.9637   
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea33.003  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.002   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii22.002   
292Tern, AntarcticSterna vittata22.002   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo5901.934515 40001800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii1130.38922500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis130.39189   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A197.00250
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.802   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis14.1112
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