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Varkfontein Pan (26032822)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment
Management status PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2001-07-29

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax12.607  
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata294.87636   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus12.8219   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus35.6711   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.004   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa22.674   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor113.3333   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos12.504   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa216.8361   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.25.007
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus26.5024   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata128.00244   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata112.86101   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.894   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta16.4414   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis17.3831   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus131.6767   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor221.0040   
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca141.00244   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis118.83182   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis13.009   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus13.106   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis18.5751   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus1427.65300010005003000
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca99.009   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala13.0320   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath22.002   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea13.4011   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.502   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.935   
63Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)Butorides striata13.338   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus117.6494   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus114.3068   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash19.1727   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus12.146   
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus22.002   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus314.8257   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.6121   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax13.509   
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis18.0028
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis57.6711
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula138.67110   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius14.4311   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.8421   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma15.0713   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.402   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana68.2512   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii110.1533   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis22.203   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba13.339   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus11.803   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1680.00150   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis22.002   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis14.5314  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota14.0012   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis22.002   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha213.72184   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons22.002   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A33.003
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida110.0985 7585
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus324.6751   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A38.5014
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis13.4711
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Tuesday 21 July 2026 03:52
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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