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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
Ramsar 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 pugnax147.15209  
72Scopus umbretta11.252   
4150Albatross, ShyThalassarche cauta11.001
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta112.0747   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.502   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata109773.942625 2500 
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus1717.0017   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus328.70196   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus118.8191   
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra11.673
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa14.2816   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.447   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor15.6720   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa141.14186  75
1017Duck, MandarinAix galericulata11.001
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A14.089
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus13.506   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata279.71323   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata125.2692   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.332   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia44.004   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta14.7123   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis121.68103   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus132.64106   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor11.602   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser11.402
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca861.35254   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis13.7714   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis1144.50618250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus114.50755025 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis1193.35774500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.142   
2062Gull, Great Black-backedLarus marinus2121.0021
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus164.47319   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus11.001   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca12.337   
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax12.936   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala18.9734   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.082   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea16.0332   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.969   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides17.1834   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.864   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus159.29170   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus136.15165   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash116.5939   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.433   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.502
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.564
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.132
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus15.3625   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus3187.68220   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus150.88195   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.293
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.502   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius15.0011   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris111.87105   
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina14.207
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma165.00241   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.673  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea166166.00166  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.754   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.7010   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana12.356   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii945.56116   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis18.1030   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba16.7545   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus125.97120   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta540.1794   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia11.001  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis34.337   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis17.8745  
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota16.5724   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis321.8492   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha123.63103   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A12.003
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida410.7120   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus7349.831505 1000 
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A141.20150
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis219.74136
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava12.004
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Saturday 09 December 2023 09:17
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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