Leeupan (26142819) | |
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Gauteng | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment |
| Management status | TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1992-02-28 |
| Brief_description |
| A 40 ha open-water pan; shoreline grass/sedge, and Phragmites on an island. Whitebreasted Cormorant, African Spoonbill and Blackheaded Heron breed. Important for Great Crested Grebe in summer; good numbers of Whitebacked Duck (summer peak), flamingoes (most in winter), Redknobbed Coot, Greyheaded Gull (summer peak) and Cape Wagtail (winter peak). Sacred Ibis counts show a severe decline since 1992-1993, as do winter counts of Greater Flamingo and Redknobbed Coot. The high biomass in winter 1993 reflects an exceptional count of Spurwinged Goose. Sewage overflow enters the closed pan system, while squatter encroachment has been a critical threat since 1996, resulting in a dramatic decline in bird numbers. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 11.62 | 37 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 9.78 | 31 | |||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 22 | 278.30 | 1960 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 21.49 | 174 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 5.34 | 22 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 3.50 | 12 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 6.85 | 35 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 3.50 | 11 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 25.12 | 87 | |||
| 91 | Duck, Knob-billed | Sarkidiornis melanotos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 4.06 | 15 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 1 | 2.67 | 5 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 2 | 25.57 | 132 | 110 | ||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 2 | 42.69 | 786 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 12.02 | 49 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 2.38 | 12 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate [x] | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 2.21 | 9 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 4.54 | 20 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 50.24 | 372 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 103.55 | 707 | 625 | ||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 50.44 | 202 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 44.90 | 275 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 24.34 | 255 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 3.63 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 11.28 | 60 | 50 | 25 | |
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 14.66 | 73 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 2062 | Gull, Great Black-backed | Larus marinus | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 124.72 | 653 | 500 | ||
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 3.13 | 10 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 6.98 | 44 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.27 | 3 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.21 | 8 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.08 | 2 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 5.46 | 34 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 164.21 | 1158 | 1000 | ||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 61.12 | 386 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 8.03 | 30 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 3.89 | 14 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 1 | 4.82 | 21 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 44.74 | 194 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 25.20 | 156 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 5.29 | 15 | |||
| 360 | Owl, African Grass | Tyto capensis | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 361 | Owl, Marsh | Asio capensis | 1 | 3.50 | 6 | |||
| 230 | Painted-snipe, Greater | Rostratula benghalensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 41 | Pelican, Pink-backed | Pelecanus rufescens | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 7.33 | 30 | |||
| 955 | Plover, Little Ringed | Charadrius dubius | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 8.61 | 42 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 2 | 10.93 | 35 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 7.86 | 23 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 3 | 13.33 | 45 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 8.15 | 26 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 4.20 | 12 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 2.57 | 5 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 2 | 10.04 | 53 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 6.37 | 20 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 7.74 | 54 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 10.68 | 65 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 14.30 | 77 | |||
| 80 | Stork, White | Ciconia ciconia | 1 | 14.00 | 27 | 1 | ||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 8.57 | 38 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 1 | 5.89 | 13 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 8.50 | 41 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 14.15 | 52 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 2.25 | 5 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 9.70 | 61 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 101.07 | 1300 | 1000 | ||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 2 | 7.00 | 12 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 7.67 | 21 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 22.70 | 125 | |||
| 689 | Wagtail, Western Yellow | Motacilla flava | 2 | 11.00 | 20 |
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