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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 cristata294.83636   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus13.0019   
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 maccoa217.4561   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.25.007
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus26.5024   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata16.4017   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata112.37101   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.894   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta16.4414   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis17.6531   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus131.6767   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor221.0040   
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca142.55244   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis119.55182   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis13.009   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus13.006   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis18.6051   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus1463.13300010005003000
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca99.009   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala13.0320   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath22.002   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea13.0511   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.502   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.935   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata13.338   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus117.6494   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus114.8268   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash18.2727   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus12.146   
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus22.002   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus313.9434   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.8121   
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 erythrophthalma15.3813   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.402   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana68.2512   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii110.8333   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis22.203   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba13.339   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus11.803   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1680.00150   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis22.002   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis14.7114  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota14.0012   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis22.002   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha213.92184   
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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Saturday 19 April 2025 12:43
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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