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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
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.303   
1016, MallardAnas platyrhynchos14.8516
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta12.675   
66Bittern, DwarfIxobrychus sturmii22.002   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.507   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1449.942165   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus8119.94461   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus4154.73495  130
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra111.3368
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa361.00191   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa14.6315   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus11.943
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, UnidentifiedAnas sp.12.145
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata154.91552   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata1102.94431   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba13.1511   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia12.8015   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta113.7555   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis135.64708   
213Finfoot, AfricanPodica senegalensis11.001 
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.856
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus13.337   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus15.5031
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca298.31280   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis12.578   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis11.001   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus17.5932 25 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis1101.78842500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus133.44115   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca13.4410   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.6510   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.198   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea16.3329   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea18.7833   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides16.7640   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata15.8320   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedArdea sp.44.004
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus127.73173   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus114.6958   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash114.6550   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus112.0745   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima12.246
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.935
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis18.3427
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus14.8428   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus134.69104   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid11.573
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus124.78153   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax16.4745   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus11.001   
41Pelican, Pink-backedPelecanus rufescens11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius35.007   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris16.2648   
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina11.001
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma219.76170   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens22.002-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos12.006  
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola13.5014   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.002   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii25.1815   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba18.7839   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus15.0015   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis13.4116  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota11.332   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis25.409   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha17.1231   
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 capensis110.5354
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Monday 09 December 2024 06:17
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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