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Nylsvley Nature Reserve (24392841)

Limpopo

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information SA008 - NYL RIVER FLOODPLAIN
Ramsar information ZA016 - Nylsvley Nature Reserve
Heritage information
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Information 

Date_registered
1998-01-01

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax1017.0029  
72Scopus umbretta14.1112   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta11.001   
66Bittern, DwarfIxobrychus sturmii13.808   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus13.3114   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata122.07193   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus165.13360   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus110.19103   
199Crake, AfricanCrex egregia22.002-1
202Crake, Baillon'sZaporina pusilla11.001
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra18.5529
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.5224   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa113.1356   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor119.4062   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos123.41345   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa49.4014   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.113.7652
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus110.0057   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata1145.821707   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata217.1199   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba114.6487   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia127.63210   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta18.5933   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis1468.644225   
14799Egret, Yellow-billedEgretta brachyrhyncha88.008   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer13.0213
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa33.003
209Gallinule, Allen'sPorphyrio alleni36.5010 
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca117.38180   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis191.161607  710
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis66.006   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis18.4946   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
166Harrier, Western MarshCircus aeruginosus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca14.5713   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala16.5951   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.106   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea113.5061   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea115.67117   
65Heron, Rufous-belliedArdeola rufiventris11.001   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides126.52145   
63Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)Butorides striata15.3433   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedArdea sp.22.002
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus164.59954   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus117.0388   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash17.8157   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus154.20251   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.673
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus12.199
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis13.8414
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus14.0815   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus548.13129   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus115.1674   
211Moorhen, LesserParagallinula angulata12.297
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax157.44343 250 
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis12.8110
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.502   
41Pelican, Pink-backedPelecanus rufescens22.002   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius11.001   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.2912   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma111.1633   
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni64297.5096410050 
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.442-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola13.5414   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana44.004   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii18.0015   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis18.0347   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba111.5748   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus14.7724   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta12.504   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra11.502   
73Stork, MarabouLeptoptilos crumenifer128.6767   
75Stork, Saddle-billedEphippiorhynchus senegalensis12.003   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia44.004  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis118.7569   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis115.9673 50
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota19.8338   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis33.003   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha117.8287   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida210.2525   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus88.008   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.252
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp11.001
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis11.752
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