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Loskop Dam (25262919)

Mpumalanga

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information SA015 - LOSKOP DAM NATURE RESERVE
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2000-07-08

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax12.333  
72Scopus umbretta19.4340   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta13.007   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata11.001   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus22174.06914   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus84337.23928  130
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra18.5267
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa969.92178   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.659   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor215.0032   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos11.502   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.22.674
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata22.604   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata22.002   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.549   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.503   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta141.45210   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis110.0050   
213Finfoot, AfricanPodica senegalensis11.252 
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer210.1235
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor11.001   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus22.002
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca33134.54384   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis111.0780   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus13.0615   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis136.31118   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia112.5161   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus14.6423   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.674   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath13.6710   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea120.3348   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.446   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides12.008   
63Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)Butorides striata18.5427   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus11.332   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus14.0011   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash18.9234   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus13.3010   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima17.2120
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata11.816
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus13.208
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis1351.12101
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus111.5535   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus259.56122   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.506   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
70Night Heron, White-backedGorsachius leuconotus33.003   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus13.408
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis22.002   
236Plover, Chestnut-bandedCharadrius pallidus11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius122.06118   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris020.7596   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus11.502   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma13.335   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens22.002-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos19.2951  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea22.002  
259Sandpiper, GreenTringa ochropus47.6715
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis15.0020   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola14.2115   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.002   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.803   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba14.0011   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus14.7610   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra22.002   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis33.003   
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota11.001   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha12.175   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia13.308   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A33.003
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida141.502501507585
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus129.00137   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus15.8724   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A18.7526
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp215.9856
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis15.4922
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Thursday 20 August 2026 12:53
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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