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Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

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
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Date_registered
2006-08-16
Brief_description
Pollution by litter and sewage seems to be an ongoing problem at this wetland.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.252   
256, RuffCalidris pugnax148.00209  
4150Albatross, ShyThalassarche cauta11.001
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta112.0747   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.502   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata109761.032625 2500 
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus1717.0017   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus328.43196   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus118.8191   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.673
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa14.0716   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.407   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor15.5020   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos22.002   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa139.64186  75
1017Duck, MandarinAix galericulata11.001
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.14.089
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus13.146   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata283.33323   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata125.1192   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.332   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia44.004   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta14.7123   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis121.97103   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus129.19106   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor13.009   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus11.402
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca863.86254   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis13.5714   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis1147.76618250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus114.00755025 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis1188.83774500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.142   
2062Gull, Great Black-backedLarus marinus2121.0021
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus165.15319   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus11.001   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca12.317   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala18.8134   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.082   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea15.8232   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.969   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides17.2434   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.864   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedArdea sp.11.001
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus162.06170   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus135.61165   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash117.0839   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.403   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.502
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.564
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.132
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus15.3925   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus3189.06220   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus151.56195   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax13.256   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.253
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.502   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius15.0011   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris111.36105   
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina14.207
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma162.41241   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.673  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea166166.00166  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.754   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.7010   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana12.526   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii947.11116   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis18.1330   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba16.1145   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus126.69120   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta538.4394   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia11.001  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis34.337   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis18.3845  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota16.6024   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis321.9192   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha124.62103   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A12.003
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida411.2520   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus7333.891505 1000 
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A141.20150
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis118.79136
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava12.004
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Monday 09 December 2024 06:43
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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