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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
256Calidris pugnax148.00209  
72Scopus umbretta11.202   
4150Albatross, ShyThalassarche cauta11.001
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta112.0747   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.402   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata109743.792625 2500 
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus1717.0017   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus328.78196   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus117.7991   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.603
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa14.0316   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.277   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor16.5924   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos22.002   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa136.79186  75
1017Duck, MandarinAix galericulata11.001
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.14.089
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus13.006   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata284.58323   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata124.8992   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.252   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia44.004   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta14.6023   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis121.42103   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus129.19106   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor13.009   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus11.402
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca866.42254   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis14.9324   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis1144.04618250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus113.45755025 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis1187.00774500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.142   
2062Gull, Great Black-backedLarus marinus2121.0021
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus162.58319   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus11.001   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca12.217   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala110.1540   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.082   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea15.8532   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.849   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides17.3234   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.864   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedArdea sp.11.001
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus161.89170   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus135.17165   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash118.8281   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.594   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.502
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.564
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.132
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus15.5225   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus3192.03231   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus152.21195   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax14.0619   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.223
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.502   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius15.0011   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris111.20105   
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina14.207
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma160.97241   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.673  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea166166.00166  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.754   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.7010   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana13.1313   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii946.08116   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis18.1330   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba15.7045   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus125.47120   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta538.4394   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia11.001  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis34.337   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis18.7645  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota16.8224   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis321.6392   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha125.03103   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A12.003
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida210.9020   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus7323.051505 1000 
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A141.20150
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis118.54136
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava12.004
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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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