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Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 1 (26192720)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information SA025 - MAGALIESBERG & WITWATERSBERG
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2001-07-14
Brief_description
Reed encroachment does pose a treat to this site.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.502   
256Calidris pugnax136.5376  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta132.00120   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.139   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata29278.801001   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus132.69165   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus15.1516   
199Crake, AfricanCrex egregia11.001-1
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra15.6017
201Crake, SpottedPorzana porzana11.001
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa17.5663   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa13.507   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor311.2032   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos22.002   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.114.59123
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus1515.0015   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata156.43696   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata21117.29455   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.075   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia12.335   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.0011   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis168.001370   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.172
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus166.25410   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor441.6094   
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca215.7462   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis121.85163   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus14.0515   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis116.6044   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.926   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus114.0041   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.172
168Harrier, PallidCircus macrourus11.001
166Harrier, Western MarshCircus aeruginosus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca17.6822   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala14.7721   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.397   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.3815   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea15.0223   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides18.0658   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus19.7656   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus232.23231   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash15.4634   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.402
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.584
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.916
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus11.001   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus235.92102   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus6108.37364   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.924   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.001
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius11.502   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.3519   
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina11.252
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma113.0068   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens13.118-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos22.002  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea19.6726  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis13.8818   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.928   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana390.87498420210 
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii114.5441   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis15.2520   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba16.2922   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus116.4076   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta314.5630   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia11.001  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis11.543   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis29.9634  
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus11.001
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota224.50102   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis16.5033   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha167.02254   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida118.2877 75 
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus12.406   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A113.5858
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp1111.0011
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis16.2015
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Wednesday 03 September 2025 10:31
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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