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Woestalleen Spruit Dam (25562937)

Mpumalanga

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information
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Date_registered
1998-02-01
Brief_description
An artificial wetland consisting of two dams back to back. Large parts of the wetland contain reedbeds.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256, RuffCalidris pugnax44.004  
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata286.88879   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus210.6535   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus211.4530   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.001
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.137   
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus44.004   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata221.6078   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.332   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.252   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis49.0015   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca22.002   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis29.9228   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca22.002   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.672   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.206   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus22.002   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus55.005   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash38.5014   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus12.004   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus25.5820   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.587   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius44.004   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris34.005   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma22.002   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis22.002   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.502   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii22.002   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba23.004   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus2525.0025   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.001  
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha1616.0016   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida214.1182 75 
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus66.507   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis22.785
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Monday 09 December 2024 06:13
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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