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Suikerbosrand Drainage (26302815)

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 SA022 - SUIKERBOSRAND NATURE RESERVE
Ramsar information
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Information 

Date_registered
2007-02-08
Brief_description
21 small dams, a vlei and a 200m stretch of rocky pools.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.001   
1016, MallardAnas platyrhynchos13.254
256, RuffCalidris pugnax11.001  
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1586.70164   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus15.1916   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.789
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.332   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.004   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus33.003
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor23.004   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa36.009   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.11.502
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus15.4313   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata17.2948   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata756.86139   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.754   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.252   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.432   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis112.6370   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa11.001
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus39.1712
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca15.0015   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis15.4139   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.672   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis112.9528   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus15.009   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala13.4814   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.463   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.503   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.503   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus13.1711   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus19.5388   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash111.6255   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.502
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.804
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus13.006   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus525.9759   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus19.1826   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax33.003   
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis11.502
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis13.9410
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.5631   
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina11.001
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma16.2923   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.001   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola88.008   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.103   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii22.834   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis113.9144   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.833   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus12.203   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta11.332   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia311.5020  1
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.086  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota11.001   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha14.5014   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida12.145   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A33.003
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis16.2026
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Friday 11 October 2024 06:38
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