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Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (26442749)

Gauteng

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Date_registered
2016-02-16
Brief_description
Count performed by boat on the Vaal River from Stonehaven-on-Vaal to Boschenvaal, one side of the river bank going, the other when returning.
Physical_features
A River Count

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.332   
1016, MallardAnas platyrhynchos23.004
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.676   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata2106.351020   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus2020.0020   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus145.00123   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus155.08213  130
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.375
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa125.80103   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa113.2824   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus13.208
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor2626.0026   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid11.001
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos22.002   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa44.004   
10003Duck, MuscovyCairina moschata44.004
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.23.004
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata142.26207   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata324.0887   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta18.1337   
982Egret, SlatyEgretta vinaceigula11.001   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis117.1473   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer12.135
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus6060.0060   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus17.3347
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca304558.88995   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis14.2417   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.502   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis310.1531   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus113.6066   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus44.004
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca12.466   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala19.5031   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath14.8315   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea17.6120   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.8213   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides14.2317   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata14.1816   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus120.06124   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus116.8678   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash53171.12426   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima12.566
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus17.4223
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.949
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus14.3321   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus39309.68719   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid44.004
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus217.7183   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax12.004   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.292   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos13.537  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana33.003   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii13.9211   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.502   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis11.001   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.005  
884Swan, MuteCygnus olor11.502
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota35.007   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis22.002   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha22.673   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia13.609   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A14.337
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida138.0099 7585
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus138.1488   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp12.005
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis1234.6786
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Monday 09 December 2024 05:52
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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