Goukou River: Mouth - Cobb Hole (Combined) (34232125) | |
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Western Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Cape Nature |
| Management status | MARINE PROTECTED AREA |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA115 - OVERBERG WHEATBELT |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2000-02-08 |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | Calidris alba | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | ||||
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 13.00 | 35 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 2 | 14.58 | 44 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 7.14 | 20 | |||
| 267 | Curlew, Eurasian | Numenius arquata | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 5.00 | 10 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 18.33 | 46 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 2 | 5.93 | 11 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 2 | 12.08 | 38 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 266 | Godwit, Bar-tailed | Limosa lapponica | 2 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 10.00 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 6.22 | 13 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 9.78 | 34 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 3 | 34.13 | 125 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.75 | 8 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 3.67 | 7 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 17.71 | 43 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 5.75 | 11 | |||
| 402 | Kingfisher, Brown-hooded | Halcyon albiventris | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 396 | Kingfisher, Half-collared | Alcedo semitorquata | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.60 | 2 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 3.31 | 8 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 8.69 | 26 | |||
| 10015 | Mallard, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 231 | Oystercatcher, African | Haematopus moquini | 1 | 2.22 | 7 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 2.75 | 6 | |||
| 239 | Plover, Greater Sand | Charadrius leschenaultii | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 14.43 | 43 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 4 | 4.50 | 5 | |||
| 234 | Plover, Siberian Sand | Charadrius mongolus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 4.20 | 8 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 6.67 | 12 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 2.13 | 4 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 4 | 19.33 | 46 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 1.38 | 4 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 2.20 | 3 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 3.67 | 7 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 3.14 | 7 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 1.83 | 2 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 3 | 20.40 | 46 | |||
| 298 | Tern, Greater Crested | Thalasseus bergii | 1 | 22.40 | 70 | |||
| 296 | Tern, Sandwich | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 2 | 19.00 | 50 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 4.50 | 8 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 7.27 | 19 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 1 | 8.45 | 30 |
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