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Elandsvlei 414 (25592827)
Gauteng
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1999-07-31
Brief_description
Comprises both the main pan towards the north as well as the smaller marsh area towards the southeast. The count is conducted starting from the car park at the main pan, in an anti-clockwise direction, ending at the secondary pan.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
256		Calidris pugnax	1	98.73	1500
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	9.00	22
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.00	1
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	260.64	2600		2500
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	1	1.00	1
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	7.94	87
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	3.22	7
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	2.20	4
267	Curlew, Eurasian	Numenius arquata	4	4.00	4
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	3.33	12
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	3.25	8
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	2	20.92	76
10005	Duck, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.00	1
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	9.38	20
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	2	10.95	62
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	1	1.50	2
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	1	9.06	37
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	7.08	29
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	97.60	675
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	2.50	7
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	2.87	8
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	5.00	41
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	13.03	226
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.50	2
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	111.63	1300	1250	625	750
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	666.20	3000			600
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	4	4.00	4
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	209.02	1385
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	170.57	1273			710
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	2	7.00	12
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	5.00	17
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	26.12	197
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	4.77	37
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	48.19	525		500
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	52	52.00	52
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	13	13.00	13
10010	Gull, Unidentified	Lanus sp.	3	3.00	3
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.33	2
170	Harrier, Montagu's	Circus pygargus	1	1.00	1
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	1.00	1
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	5.87	18
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	4.89	20
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.50	8
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	4.40	15
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	1.33	2
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	123.44	1378		1000
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	30.83	341
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	4.83	33
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	4.10	16
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.00	1
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	2	5.00	8
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	3.58	16
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	3	42.76	266
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	5.73	28
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	5.29	15
360	Owl, African Grass	Tyto capensis	1	1.00	1
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	1.29	2
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	13	13.00	13
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	2	9.50	36
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	1	1.00	1
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	32.80	300
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	11.69	84
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	12.46	39
282	Pratincole, Black-winged	Glareola nordmanni	2	496.43	1500	100	50
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	1	1.00	1			-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	2.10	8
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	109.11	493
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	4.33	22
895	Sandpiper, Pectoral	Calidris melanotos	1	1.00	1
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	6.14	54
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	19.20	103
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	2	20.80	114
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	2.63	8
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	5.04	34
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	28.60	159
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	2	268.79	1400
80	Stork, White	Ciconia ciconia	3	3.50	4			1
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	3	4.50	6
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	10.34	60		50
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	10.31	43
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	4.70	13
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	23.50	168
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	1.50	2
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	16.08	75		75
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	7.00	30
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	3	20.33	50
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	12.26	58
268	Whimbrel, Eurasian	Numenius phaeopus	2	2.00	2

Friday 07 November 2025 12:34
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Gauteng

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