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Sandpan (26072819)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment & Private
Management status PRIVATE LAND
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2002-05-07
Brief_description
An important site for especially Grey-headed Gull.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
1016Anas platyrhynchos112.8925
256Calidris pugnax155.29281  
4150Albatross, ShyThalassarche cauta00.000
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta18.8342   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata550.38362   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus15.2335   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus13.1311   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.001
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.218   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus12.145
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor18.8234   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid1216.5021
10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billedAnas platyrhynchos x undulata57.3311
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos44.004   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa13.506   
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus33.003   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata111.2548   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata14.9316   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia12.003   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.603   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis16.3734   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus133.27255   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor5248.67681  600
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus258.30193
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca559.67386   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis136.94180   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.001   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis14.1112   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia15.0012   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus2334.48340010005003000
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.714   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.867   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.142   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.785   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.383   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.694   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus012.3490   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus18.2162   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash111.1535   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.672
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus13.588   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus261.38323   
246Lapwing, White-crownedVanellus albiceps66.006   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid114.3342
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus29.6941   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.001
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula23.505   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius12.003   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris14.1913   
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina11.001
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma113.2029   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos13.2514  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea4125.00246  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis17.6720   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola18.0015   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.002   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii17.5429   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis26.6716   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba12.6813   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus111.6055   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta4113.14663   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.7419  
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus11.672
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota23.806   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis23.295   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha110.7031   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida14.9017   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus14.7113   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A110.0020
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp55.005
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis14.9319
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Friday 13 March 2026 01:13
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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