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Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
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Date_registered
1998-07-25
Brief_description
Infestation of Water Hyasinth is a major problem in this dam.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
1016Anas platyrhynchos14.8416
72Scopus umbretta11.303   
10015Anas hybrid11.333
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta12.675   
66Bittern, DwarfIxobrychus sturmii22.002   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.507   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1451.682165   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus8121.42461   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus4155.72495  130
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra111.4968
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa360.70191   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa14.3215   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos11.943
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor44.004   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid12.334
10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billedAnas platyrhynchos x undulata12.203
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa11.001   
1017Duck, MandarinAix galericulata11.502
10003Duck, MuscovyCairina moschata22.002
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A12.145
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata156.14552   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata1102.86431   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.756
58Egret, GreatArdea alba13.2311   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia12.8015   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta113.9655   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis136.26708   
213Finfoot, AfricanPodica senegalensis11.001 
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus13.337   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser15.7331
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca296.56280   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis12.578   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis11.001   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus17.5932 25 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis196.36842500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus133.68115   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca13.6010   
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax16.6145   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.6810   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.258   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea16.3429   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea18.8933   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides16.5940   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata15.8520   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedN/A N/A44.004
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus127.83173   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus114.6958   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash114.6350   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus112.2145   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima12.226
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.694
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis18.3927
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus14.9228   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus135.04104   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus124.95153   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus11.001   
41Pelican, Pink-backedPelecanus rufescens11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius35.007   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris16.4448   
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina11.001
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma220.13170   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens22.002-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos12.006  
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola13.5014   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.002   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii25.1015   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba19.7539   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus14.8815   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis13.4116  
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota11.332   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis25.409   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha17.3131   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia12.003   
295Tern, SootyOnychoprion fuscatus11.001
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A230.6752
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida120.4266   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus1122.23768   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A16.0030
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp12.385
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis110.4054
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Friday 19 April 2024 01:02
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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