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Leeuwfontein Drainage (25202830)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
2006-07-28
Brief_description
Five dams and a borrow pit comprise the main waterbird habitat on Leeuwfontein Collaborative Nature Reserve.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
896, DunlinCalidris alpina55.005
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.674   
66Bittern, DwarfIxobrychus sturmii11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata12.538   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus11.434   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus22.002   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.252   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.001   
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus23.505   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata26.8338   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata12.105   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.001   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis618.5034   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa11.001
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis1919.0019
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca22.678   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis11.001   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis12.896   
933Gull, Black-headedChroicocephalus ridibundus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.503   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.001   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.001   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus11.001   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash47.5011   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.332
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.502
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus11.502   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus13.9411   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.001   
211Moorhen, LesserParagallinula angulata11.001
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius55.005   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.803   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus77.007   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos33.003  
257Sandpiper, TerekXenus cinereus1111.0011 
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba44.004   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia22.002  1
77Stork, Woolly-neckedCiconia episcopus33.003   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis22.002  
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha12.003   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii149149.00149   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons2121.0021   
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis4242.0042   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis11.001
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Monday 09 December 2024 06:00
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