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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
Heritage 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
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
256Calidris pugnax11.001  
1016Anas platyrhynchos13.254
66Bittern, DwarfIxobrychus sturmii11.001   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1587.65164   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus15.2116   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.629
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.332   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.924   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus33.003
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor23.004   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa36.009   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.11.502
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus15.6313   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata16.8948   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata755.08139   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.754   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.252   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.432   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis118.43111   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa11.001
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus39.1712
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca15.0015   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis15.2539   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.672   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis113.3828   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus15.009   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala13.3714   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.463   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.503   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.453   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus13.1711   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus18.5988   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash111.1955   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.402
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.804
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus13.087   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus525.4859   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid77.007
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus19.3426   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax33.003   
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis11.502
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis13.8310
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.3831   
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 cana12.003   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii22.834   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis113.1744   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.833   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus12.203   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta11.332   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia311.5020  1
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.276  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota11.001   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha14.6314   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida12.005   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A33.003
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis15.9126
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Friday 13 March 2026 01:13
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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