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Hartbeespoort Dam (25452752)

North West

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PARTLY PROTECTED
IBA information SA025 - MAGALIESBERG & WITWATERSBERG
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1995-01-15
Brief_description
Small numbers of species have been recorded, the commonest bird being Whiskered Tern. There is great disturbance from human activities such as boating, water-skiing and fishing. The bird rich areas became prime development sites & became out-of-bounds for regular monitoring & as more people began to use the dam the water quality degraded appallingly. Counts were initially suspended in 1999 but in 2009 it was started up again. Further monitoring is required.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta12.1410   
1016, MallardAnas platyrhynchos16.3620
256, RuffCalidris pugnax112.5721  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta171.08293250125190
66Bittern, DwarfIxobrychus sturmii33.003   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.594   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata51466.04772150002500 
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus2182.93342   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus2302.48679  130
199Crake, AfricanCrex egregia11.001-1
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra117.5863
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa1164.22613500250 
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa210.3839   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus16.2714
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor114.2028   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos45.408   
1017Duck, MandarinAix galericulata11.672
10003Duck, MuscovyCairina moschata11.001
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.125.71100
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus23.677   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata3236.23882   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata5147.67310   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba111.2028   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia14.8921   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta241.92148   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis2716.592003   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer23.807
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus127.31140   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor14.007   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus130.38363
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca3372.441019   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis18.6039   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis115.3334   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus120.061055025100
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis1158.17684500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia14.6710   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus3134.92438   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
166Harrier, Western MarshCircus aeruginosus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca16.4216   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala112.2764   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath16.2018   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea246.70130   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea17.9619   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides227.54162   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata19.2026   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedArdea sp.11.001
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus16331.641107 1000 
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus241.35172   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash685.92149   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus110.5644   
402Kingfisher, Brown-hoodedHalcyon albiventris22.002
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima13.9110
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata22.002
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus13.005
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis219.8854
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus114.9251   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus3200.04422   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid17.0021
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus1282.31296   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax18.4754   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.252
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis12.003
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius310.0027   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris19.6731   
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina24.507
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma141.24250 250 
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos16.4723  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis12.334   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola110.5730   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana13.6010   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii238.48147   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.673   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba116.62146 75 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus246.82414   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta228.60105   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis17.4523   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis15.6412  
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus11.202
884Swan, MuteCygnus olor12.674
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota13.227   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis353.95135   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha036.00121   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia219.1071 6820
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida117.2051   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus115.7975   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.001   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp413.0033
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis241.42147
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Wednesday 04 December 2024 11:53
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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