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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.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.001   
256, RuffCalidris pugnax1100.521500  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta19.0022   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1269.132600 2500 
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis11.001   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus18.1287   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus13.227   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.334
267Curlew, EurasianNumenius arquata44.004   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.3312   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa13.258   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor220.9276   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid11.001
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos17.8613   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa211.0662   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.11.502
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus19.0637   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata17.3329   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata199.79675   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.507   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia12.938   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta15.0041   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis113.35226   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.502
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1105.6713001250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1784.003000  600
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus44.004
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca2206.021385   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis1174.041273  710
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis27.0012   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus15.0017   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis127.32197   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia14.7737   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus150.62525 500 
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii5252.0052   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus1313.0013   
10010Gull, UnidentifiedLanus sp.33.003
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.332
170Harrier, Montagu'sCircus pygargus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.001   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala15.9318   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea14.9420   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.508   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides14.6715   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.332   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus1127.061378 1000 
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus231.67341   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash15.0033   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus14.1016   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis25.008
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus13.0616   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus342.88266   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus15.8328   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax15.2915   
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.292
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus1313.0013   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula29.6736   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius132.79300   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris112.2384   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma112.5039   
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni2496.43150010050 
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos12.108  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1109.11493  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis14.7522   
895Sandpiper, PectoralCalidris melanotos11.001
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola16.1454   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana116.56103   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii220.96114   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis12.638   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba15.0434   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus128.93159   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta2260.671400   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia33.504  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis34.506   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis110.6160 50
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota110.9343   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis24.1113   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha123.58168   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.502   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida116.4375 75 
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus16.7830   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A320.3350
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis112.6058
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus22.002   
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Monday 09 December 2024 06:35
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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