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Doornbult Farm Dam (23472927)
Limpopo
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED
Authority	Private
Management status	PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
Heritage information
View Cards	No

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Date_registered
2001-01-21
Brief_description
This artificial wetland no longer holds water and has been dry for some time.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
256		Calidris pugnax	8	38.25	72
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	5.63	19
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	2.54	11
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	9.75	42
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	5	5.00	5
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	1.00	1
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	2	26.57	86
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	2	2.00	2
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	33.60	88
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	2	11.00	38
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.00	1
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	1.00	1
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	6.75	23
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	3	33.05	155
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.38	3
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	1.00	1
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	46.92	441
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	20.91	62
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2	6.00	10
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	2.38	6
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.50	6
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	2.08	7
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	16.71	147
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	75	75.00	75
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	18.72	73
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	3	3.00	3
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.50	2
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	2.57	6
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	1.50	2
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	28.52	102
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	1.33	2
211	Moorhen, Lesser	Paragallinula angulata	1	1.00	1
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	12.80	30
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	5.09	18
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.40	2
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	1.50	2
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	8.92	50
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	4	4.00	4
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	5	5.00	5
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	2.57	9
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	5.46	24
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	6	19.00	39
79	Stork, Black	Ciconia nigra	23	23.00	23	15	8
73	Stork, Marabou	Leptoptilos crumenifer	23	119.67	308
80	Stork, White	Ciconia ciconia	105	105.00	105			1
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	2	2.67	4
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	19.35	95
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	2.00	3
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	2.00	3
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	2.89	10

Wednesday 11 March 2026 02:51
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Doornbult Farm Dam (23472927)

Limpopo

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