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Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)
Eastern Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	UNKNOWN
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1998-01-22

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
255		Calidris alba	1	51.38	209
256		Calidris pugnax	2	53.00	218
4150	Albatross, Shy	Thalassarche cauta	33	33.00	33
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	7.75	24
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	2.60	7
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	2	18.32	69
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	1	27.06	160
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	3	20.76	74
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	36.00	175			130
202	Crake, Baillon's	Zapornia pusilla	1	1.00	1
203	Crake, Black	Zapornia flavirostra	1	4.74	17
267	Curlew, Eurasian	Numenius arquata	1	5.12	20
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	4.07	13
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	4	4.00	4
10014	Duck, Unidentified	N/A N/A	2	9.30	40
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	2	33.80	150
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	3	55.67	273
149	Eagle, African Fish	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.52	3
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.80	3
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	2	2.00	2
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	5.62	16
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	73.73	497
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	19.20	125
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	1.00	1
266	Godwit, Bar-tailed	Limosa lapponica	1	2.20	12
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	31.46	212
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	15.53	76
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	2	2.00	2
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	12.05	30
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	12.31	48
932	Gull, Franklin's	Leucophaeus pipixcan	3	3.00	3
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	3.20	9
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	35	204.90	475	300	150
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.97	4
169	Harrier, Black	Circus maurus	1	1.00	1
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	3.13	7
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.48	15
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.69	8
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	2	12.47	35
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.19	6
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	1.00	1
70	Heron, White-backed Night	Gorsachius leuconotus	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	14.63	67
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	6.25	15
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	10.39	123
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.33	2
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.33	2
396	Kingfisher, Half-collared	Alcedo semitorquata	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.43	3
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	2	7.63	17
254	Knot, Red	Calidris canutus	1	8.00	17
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	14.85	62
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	7.12	27
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.11	2
360	Owl, African Grass	Tyto capensis	1	1.00	1
231	Oystercatcher, African	Haematopus moquini	2	25.22	59	48	24	55
894	Oystercatcher, Eurasian	Haematopus ostralegus	1	1.45	3
236	Plover, Chestnut-banded	Charadrius pallidus	2	4.00	6
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	2	29.30	86
239	Plover, Greater Sand	Charadrius leschenaultii	1	1.20	2
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	3	61.93	220
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	12.00	66
234	Plover, Lesser Sand	Charadrius mongolus	1	1.00	1
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	5.29	17
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	2	32.13	145		125
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	2.00	3
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	1	2.08	5			-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	3.15	7
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	91.94	248
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	2.58	6
257	Sandpiper, Terek	Xenus cinereus	1	9.95	29
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	4.18	15
1342	Shelduck, Common	Tadorna tadorna	2	2.00	2
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	27.17	246		210
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	1	12.85	59
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	3.21	8
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	5.41	17
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	23.85	150
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	43.96	175
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	2.86	8
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Spatula hottentota	1	4.00	11
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	8.35	32
1274	Teal, Eurasian	Anas crecca	1	112.00	264
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	14.53	66
292	Tern, Antarctic	Sterna vittata	5	5.00	5
294	Tern, Arctic	Sterna paradisaea	5	5.00	5
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	4.90	18
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	2	283.70	2900			1800
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	1	99.84	1500	500	250	200
299	Tern, Little	Sternula albifrons	1	18.50	83
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	1	17.29	70
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	72.25	350
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	5	19.13	53
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	3	3.00	3
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	8	57.35	190
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	7	9.33	13
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	10	28.69	45
689	Wagtail, Western Yellow	Motacilla flava	36	36.00	36
268	Whimbrel, Eurasian	Numenius phaeopus	1	16.79	49

Saturday 09 December 2023 08:40
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Eastern Cape

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