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Leeupan (26142819)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment
Management status TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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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.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.001   
256, RuffCalidris pugnax110.7537  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta19.7831   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.673   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata22281.081960   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus121.60174   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus15.3422   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.205
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa16.8535   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa13.5011   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor125.6787   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos11.001   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa14.0615   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.12.675
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus225.57132 110 
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata243.05786   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata112.0449   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.5712   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia12.319   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta14.7020   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis152.13372   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1103.55707 625 
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor150.44202   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca244.60275   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis125.38255   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis13.638   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus111.28605025 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis114.8973   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.673   
2062Gull, Great Black-backedLarus marinus77.007
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus1127.19653 500 
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca13.2210   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala17.2044   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.273   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.218   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides15.6434   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata22.002   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus1167.791158 1000 
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus161.02386   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash17.2830   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus13.2514   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.502
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus14.6021   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus143.03194   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus122.55156   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax15.2915   
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis44.004
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis13.506
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.001   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus55.005   
41Pelican, Pink-backedPelecanus rufescens11.001   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula44.004   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius17.3330   
955Plover, Little RingedCharadrius dubius11.001
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris18.8242   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus11.001   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma210.9335   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos17.8623  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea313.3345  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis18.1526   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola14.2012   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana12.575   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii210.2253   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis16.4720   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba17.7454   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus110.8365   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta114.5877   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia114.0027  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis22.002   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis17.2128  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota15.7313   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis18.5041   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha213.8752   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia12.255   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida110.1661   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus1101.071300 1000 
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus27.0012   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A17.6721
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis123.38125
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava211.0020
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Sunday 08 December 2024 12:14
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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