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Rooipoort Nature Reserve: Shauws Drift - Davis Drift2 (28352407)
Northern Cape
CWAC status	NEWLY REGISTERED
Authority	Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation
Management status	PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status	PROTECTED
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View Cards	No

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Date_registered
2009-01-26
Brief_description
A linear count section done by boat. It stretches from Shauws Drift in the north down to Davis Drift in the south.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max
72		Scopus umbretta	2	2.00	2
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.00	1
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	14	28.50	43
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	57	102.00	147
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	8	28.00	48
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	3	3.50	4
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	52	92.50	133
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	6	7.00	8
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	16	45.00	74
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	4	4.00	4
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	2	4.00	6
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	10	10.00	10
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	6	6.00	6
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	27	38.00	49
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	9	9.00	9
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	20	42.00	64
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	4	4.00	4
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	2	2.50	3
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	1.00	1
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	2	3.50	5
63	Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)	Butorides striata	2	4.00	6
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	1.00	1
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	2	6.00	10
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.00	1
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	8	9.50	11
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	16	20.00	24
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	17	17.50	18
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	5	6.50	8
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	8	12.50	17
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	2	2.00	2
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	2	2.00	2
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	2	2.00	2
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	14.00	26
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	3	3.00	3
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	7	7.00	7
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	32	40.50	49

Monday 27 July 2026 06:21
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Rooipoort Nature Reserve: Shauws Drift - Davis Drift2 (28352407)

Northern Cape

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