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Klipplaatfontein Farm Dams (27012655)
Free State
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	UNKNOWN
Conservation status	UNKNOWN
IBA information
Ramsar information
Heritage information
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Date_registered
2004-08-08
Brief_description
The wetland consists of three successive dams in the stream throuhh Klipplaatfontein 517, and includes a stretch of vlei between the lower two dams.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
256		Calidris pugnax	1	3.50	6
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	6.00	13
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	8	335.27	929
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	2	7.78	19
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	180	180.00	180			130
203	Crake, Black	Zapornia flavirostra	4	4.00	4
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	14.80	59
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	4	4.00	4
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	14	14.00	14
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	3	3.00	3
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	6	14.00	22
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	2	28.78	101
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	6	200.00	742
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	22	100.73	218
149	Eagle, African Fish	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.75	4
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	3.20	7
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	1.40	2
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	21.20	50
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	19	21.50	24
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	8	15.00	22
92	Goose, African Pygmy	Nettapus auritus	2	2.50	3
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	101.82	970
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	7.00	16
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	2	15.86	43
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	2	7.25	15
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2	18.57	59
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	1.00	1
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	95	95.00	95
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	1.75	3
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	1.00	1
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	5.67	14
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	4.40	13
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	6.67	27
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.50	2
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	2.25	4
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	2.50	5
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	16.88	104
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	2	5.91	12
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	7	9.50	14
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	2	2.00	2
396	Kingfisher, Half-collared	Alcedo semitorquata	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	2	2.00	2
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	1.50	2
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	4	22.82	79
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	6.63	13
211	Moorhen, Lesser	Paragallinula angulata	1	1.50	2
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	1.00	1
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	9	9.00	9
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	3.67	6
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	2	15.57	78
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	2	2.00	2
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	2.00	3
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	5.50	10
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	6	6.00	6
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	34.60	122
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	1	24.50	68
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	2	23.50	45
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	2	6.00	16
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	141	141.00	141
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	2	11.33	17
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	2	2.00	2
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Spatula hottentota	2	2.00	2
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	16.25	53
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	38.80	91
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	254	254.00	254	135	68	20
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	2	65.00	128
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	20	42.00	64
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	1.00	1
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	3	3.00	3

Tuesday 23 April 2024 07:51
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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