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Den Staat Irrigation Dams (22132916)
Limpopo
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED
Authority	Private
Management status	PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
IBA information	SA001 - VHEMBE NATURE RESERVE
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2001-07-15

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	4	13.50	24
256		Calidris pugnax	2	247.33	930
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	2	7.00	12
66	Bittern, Dwarf	Ixobrychus sturmii	4	4.00	4
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	2	2.00	2
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	3	9.71	24
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	24	283.56	950
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	12	91.25	290			130
199	Crake, African	Crex egregia	2	3.50	5			-1
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	17	132.22	280
214	Crane, Grey Crowned	Balearica regulorum	2	2.00	2
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	27	206.38	590	500	250
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	4	33.83	87
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	5	61.00	252
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	3	11.50	20
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	117	1568.89	5600
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	5	14.67	32
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	3	14.86	28
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	4	21.78	43
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	2	200.44	870
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	3	15.22	43
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	20	43.50	67
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	26	26.00	26
209	Gallinule, Allen's	Porphyrio alleni	1	3.33	8
92	Goose, African Pygmy	Nettapus auritus	2	2.50	3
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	6	374.11	930
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	3	27.38	72
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2	128.57	349		250
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	3	17.29	45
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	3	3.00	3
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	20	20.00	20
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	4	4.00	4
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	21.33	67
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	6	22.00	39
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	12	40.44	103
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	11.25	33
65	Heron, Rufous-bellied	Ardeola rufiventris	1	1.00	1
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	6	31.22	65
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	2	7.88	23
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	45.22	130
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	16.20	36
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	4	8.57	25
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	42	302.00	620
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	3.29	9
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	6	16.44	38
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	12	35.22	61
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	2	2.00	2
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	47	119.89	240
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	51.13	145
211	Moorhen, Lesser	Paragallinula angulata	1	1.00	1
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	3.60	9
74	Openbill, African	Anastomus lamelligerus	1	1.00	1
230	Painted-snipe, Greater	Rostratula benghalensis	5	12.50	20
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	2	208.33	600			300
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	16	16.50	17
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	1	1.00	1
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	3	140.13	650		500
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	14	49.00	118
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	2	30.67	72
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	17.60	45
281	Pratincole, Collared	Glareola pratincola	28	28.00	28
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	2	2.00	2			-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	10.33	29
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	319.67	880
259	Sandpiper, Green	Tringa ochropus	1	1.00	1
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	24.00	110
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	8	143.38	470
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	2	3.50	5
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	2	19.88	48
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	12	71.22	188
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	137.14	750
75	Stork, Saddle-billed	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis	2	3.00	6
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	19.88	76
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	4.29	11
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	36	63.00	88
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	3	3.00	3
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	7	48.00	112
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	7.00	18
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	2	29.17	73
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	2	3.20	6
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	6	16.33	28
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	2	30.25	76
689	Wagtail, Western Yellow	Motacilla flava	3	19.00	46

Friday 31 October 2025 02:40
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Limpopo

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