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Gouritz River: Vaalhoek (33452140)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY
Authority Cape Nature
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2005-05-25

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta12.185   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta11.001   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.673   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata15.0314   
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus12.003   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis18.5038   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus111.7952   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus17.5349   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.001
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.4124   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa14.1218   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata16.1617   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta12.968   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer12.217
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca114.0788   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis12.003   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis11.602   
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.502
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea14.188   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus15.4017   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash15.2019   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima12.6911
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata12.674
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.584
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis13.6013
1031Lapwing, Spur-wingedVanellus spinosus55.005
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.148   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus22.002   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.713   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma11.001   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana14.5315   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra11.001   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis44.004   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis11.001   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis13.197
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Thursday 10 September 2026 01:17
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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