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Coetzerspruit Dam (25552936)

Mpumalanga

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED
Authority Private
Management status PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1998-02-01
Brief_description
A selection of walls retain water to form a big artificial waterbody. This dam is highly impacted by opencast mining and severely polluted.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata664.88170   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus24.7512   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus22.002   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa44.004   
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus55.005   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata217.0940   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis311.0025   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca29.3324   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis141.29162   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus33.003   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis25.7016   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus44.004   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus23.004   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus17.0013   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash24.179   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus25.3611   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus22.002   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris22.503   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma24.679   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos1010.0010  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea33.003  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis66.006   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii26.3312   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis22.002   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus1616.0016   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta2121.0021   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis22.002  
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha819.2538   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida34.678   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus1314.5016   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis12.827
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Sunday 08 December 2024 10:43
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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