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Siamese Dams (26292840)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
2006-07-18
Brief_description
This site consists of two dams, one on either side of a gravel road.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax316.2525  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta13.005   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata216.9054   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus12.827   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus11.332   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa12.886   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor718.5030   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa14.6318   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.11.502
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus11.001   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata11.752   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata123.16147   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.502   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia33.003   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.001   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis132.17262   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus110.2935   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor11.001   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca236.59355   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis110.3887   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis11.001   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.001   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis13.7810   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.001   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala17.6048   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.504   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus16.2933   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus17.1533   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash14.5512   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.335
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus211.9083   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius12.003   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.924   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma217.8343   
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni1222.0032   
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis12.003   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola33.003   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana12.297   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii15.2921   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis12.437   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba12.206   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus11.332   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta25.008   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.001  
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis12.674   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha122.70101   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida19.2540   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus99.009   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A23.004
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis12.005
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Friday 06 March 2026 08:34
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