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Aston Lake  (26152831)

Gauteng

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2019-09-03

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
1016Anas platyrhynchos57.7513
256Calidris pugnax4109.00317  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta432.0060   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata9274.261413   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus213.5250   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus129.87113   
199Crake, AfricanCrex egregia11.001-1
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.004
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa19.4436   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa33.003   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus22.002
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor339.20200   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos113.3345   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa335.6057   
10003Duck, MuscovyCairina moschata22.002
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.37.4020
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus16.0016   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata115.5069   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata763.78328   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia12.577   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta12.577   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis16.5520   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.272
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1107.29556   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor141.40122   
10016Flamingo, UnidentifiedPhoeniconaias sp.1515.0015
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa11.001
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus11.433
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca12248.78791   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis1160.831251  710
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis421.0036   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus27.9319   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis119.8290   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.332   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus14.3118   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca15.1521   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala111.33134   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath13.088   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.005   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.434   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides116.6056   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus17.5624   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus143.55422   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash15.4618   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus12.867   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.433
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.006
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus27.5017   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus1843.9695   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid22.002
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus110.3059   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax13.256   
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis12.003
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius27.7516   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.9412   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma319.7488   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea278278.00278  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.001   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.502   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana437.80112   
1342Shelduck, CommonTadorna tadorna11.001
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii120.0691   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis12.294   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba15.5019   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus16.0020   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta16114.00249   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia1717.0017  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis11.001   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis14.5417  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota221.73100   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis18.2931   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha274.87563   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida132.762381507585
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A22.673
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis15.1014
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Wednesday 03 September 2025 10:28
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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