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Groenfontein Pan (25562844)
Gauteng
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2002-01-19

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max
256		Calidris pugnax	9	49.71	218
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
255		Calidris alba	3	3.00	3
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	3	8.50	14
66	Bittern, Dwarf	Ixobrychus sturmii	1	1.00	1
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	5	233.70	916
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	10.75	29
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	2.33	5
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	1.00	1
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	2	2.00	2
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	1.00	1
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	2	2.00	2
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	2	81.33	239
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	2	9.20	15
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	3	13.75	33
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	3	5.33	7
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	5	43.50	183
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	2.00	3
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	4.29	12
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	3	9.33	21
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	8	24.67	44
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	2.00	3
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	2	75.25	280
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	3	7.50	12
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	3	21.55	45
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	12.64	48
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	15	15.00	15
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	2	5.00	8
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2	21.25	57
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	2	3.00	5
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	2	100.43	394
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	2	9.50	17
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	4.25	11
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.00	1
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	3.20	6
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.00	4
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	7.71	16
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	55.91	530
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	30.09	142
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	2	7.90	28
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.33	2
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.00	1
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	1.50	2
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	2.50	4
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	10	31.23	71
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	3.00	6
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	6	13.50	21
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	1.00	1
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	5	5.00	5
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	13.00	54
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	3	15.91	64
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	2	34.29	72
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.50	2
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	2	17.33	47
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	3.67	12
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	15.70	47
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	2.00	2
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	15	27.30	47
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	6	17.60	52
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	1.83	4
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	3	19.50	79
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	106.33	329
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	13.00	42
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	11.00	35
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	4.80	8
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	6	25.50	56
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	2	2.00	2
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	2	10.33	18
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	1.00	1
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	27	33.50	40
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	8.45	29

Thursday 06 November 2025 06:25
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Groenfontein Pan (25562844)

Gauteng

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