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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
72Scopus umbretta11.252   
256Calidris pugnax148.00209  
4150Albatross, ShyThalassarche cauta11.001
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta112.0747   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.502   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata109769.892625 2500 
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus1717.0017   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus328.50196   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus118.8191   
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra11.673
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa14.1916   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.407   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor15.5020   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa141.14186  75
1017Duck, MandarinAix galericulata11.001
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A14.089
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus13.146   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata278.97323   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata125.2692   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.332   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia44.004   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta14.7123   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis122.31103   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus130.93106   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor12.839   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser11.402
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca862.54254   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis13.5714   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis1144.50618250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus114.00755025 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis1191.94774500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.142   
2062Gull, Great Black-backedLarus marinus2121.0021
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus166.30319   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus11.001   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca12.317   
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax13.076   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala18.8034   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.082   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea15.9132   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.969   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides17.2434   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.864   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus162.31170   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus136.89165   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash116.9739   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.433   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.502
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.564
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.132
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus15.3925   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus3189.69220   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus150.89195   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.253
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.502   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius15.0011   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris111.56105   
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina14.207
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma163.06241   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.673  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea166166.00166  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.754   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.7010   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana12.356   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii946.11116   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis18.1330   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba16.7545   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus126.97120   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta538.4394   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia11.001  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis34.337   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis17.9745  
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota16.5724   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis321.8892   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha124.15103   
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 capensis119.16136
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava12.004
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Friday 19 April 2024 02:25
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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