Cape Gannet

Morus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) — also called CAGA, Cape gannet, South African gannet. Occurrence records of the Cape Gannet are shared on GBIF from around 45 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all SAS Saldanha Nature Reserve (25 182 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Endangered

45reserves with records

72 945records around them

3provinces

ENIUCN category

Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) — Photo: Winfried Bruenken ( Amrum ) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	25 182
Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	25 182
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	14 468
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 129
Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 018
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	661
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	592
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	589
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	481
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	474
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	474
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	464
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	231
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	216
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	211
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	209
Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	169
Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	169
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	158
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	155
Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	103
Woody Cape Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	101
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	61
Jukani Predator ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	59
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	59
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	51
Sardinia Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	41
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	35
Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	25
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	24
Kenneth Stainbank Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	23
Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	20
Amathole Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	15
Mkhambathi Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	10
Noorsekloof Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	10
Kwelera Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	9
Hluleka Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	9
Hluleka Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	9
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	8
Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	8
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	8
Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	8
CrocworldNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	7
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	6
Mzamba Fossil bedsProtected heritage site	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	4

By province

Western Cape: 23 reserves
Eastern Cape: 16 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 6 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Sulidae
Scientific name: Morus capensis
GBIF taxon: 2480963
Wikidata: Q923985

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.