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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
255		Calidris alba	1	55.44	209
256		Calidris pugnax	2	53.00	218
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
4150	Albatross, Shy	Thalassarche cauta	33	33.00	33
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	7.90	24
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	2.14	7
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	17.49	69
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	1	28.05	160
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	3	20.22	74
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	34.37	175			130
202	Crake, Baillon's	Zaporina pusilla	1	1.00	1
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	4.61	17
267	Curlew, Eurasian	Numenius arquata	1	4.89	20
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	4.07	13
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	4	4.00	4
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	2	9.00	40
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	2	33.80	150
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	3	53.31	273
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.67	3
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	2	2.00	2
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	5.86	16
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	65.23	497
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.50	3
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	19.20	125
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	12.50	24
266	Godwit, Bar-tailed	Limosa lapponica	1	2.44	12
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	30.84	212
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	14.75	76
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	2	2.00	2
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	11.31	30
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	12.07	48
932	Gull, Franklin's	Leucophaeus pipixcan	3	3.00	3
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	2.88	9
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	35	209.87	475	300	150
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.97	4
169	Harrier, Black	Circus maurus	1	1.00	1
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.51	15
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.80	8
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	2	12.62	35
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.17	6
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	1.00	1
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	2	2.00	2
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	14.23	67
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	5.20	15
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	10.25	123
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.33	2
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.29	2
396	Kingfisher, Half-collared	Alcedo semitorquata	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.52	4
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	2	7.32	17
254	Knot, Red	Calidris canutus	1	8.00	17
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	14.27	62
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	6.82	27
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	2.89	7
70	Night Heron, White-backed	Gorsachius leuconotus	1	1.00	1
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	24.30	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	31.55	86
239	Plover, Greater Sand	Charadrius leschenaultii	1	1.20	2
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	3	59.82	220
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	11.70	66
234	Plover, Siberian Sand	Charadrius mongolus	1	1.00	1
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	5.14	17
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	2	31.20	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	2.87	7
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	88.36	248
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	2.46	6
257	Sandpiper, Terek	Xenus cinereus	1	9.36	29
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	4.18	15
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	27.17	246		210
1342	Shelduck, Common	Tadorna tadorna	2	2.00	2
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	1	12.54	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	23.24	150
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	42.92	175
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	2.82	8
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	4.00	11
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	8.08	32
1274	Teal, Green-winged	Anas carolinensis	1	112.00	264
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	14.28	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	4.83	18
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	1	277.90	2900			1800
300	Tern, Damara	Sternula balaenarum	5	5.00	5
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	1	92.88	1500	500	250	200
299	Tern, Little	Sternula albifrons	1	22.38	91
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	1	27.92	221
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	72.25	350
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	5	18.59	53
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	3	3.00	3
0	Unknown, Unknown	Unknown Unknown	30	30.00	30
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	8	57.35	190
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	7	11.25	17
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	10	28.00	45
689	Wagtail, Western Yellow	Motacilla flava	36	36.00	36
268	Whimbrel, Eurasian	Numenius phaeopus	1	16.68	49

Wednesday 05 November 2025 11:36
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Gamtoos River: False Mouth (33582505)

Eastern Cape

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