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Vaal River Taaibosspruit to Suikerbos (26452752)

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Date_registered
2016-02-16
Brief_description
Count performed by boat on Vaal River from Stonehaven-on-Vaal to Taaibosspruit and up the navigable part of the Taaibosspruit, one side of the river bank going, the other when returning.
Physical_features
River and tributary

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax219.3335  
1016Anas platyrhynchos22.002
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta27.6023   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.659   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata116.72113   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus117.2567   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus29.2242   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra13.088
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa317.4375   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa18.6731   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus13.005
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor26.5011   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa66.006   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.112.0050
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata18.7845   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata237.57144   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.003   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta15.0014   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis228.00101   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer12.716
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus3545.0055   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor44.004   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus12.117
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca74144.93273   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis126.00217   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis22.002   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus33.003   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis112.7544   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus118.0679   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca12.253   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala13.0512   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath13.6310   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.673   
14879Heron, LittleButorides atricapilla33.003
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.928   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides14.3619   
63Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)Butorides striata12.588   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus14.5512   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus114.7937   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash840.21131   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima13.238
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus18.7029
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis15.0514
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus116.2559   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus3117.54417   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid22.002
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus17.9626   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax12.8610   
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.001
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius11.001   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.674   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana13.258   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii14.8616   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis14.6012   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.573   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus14.5011   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta11.001   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis12.003   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.204  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota44.004   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis11.502   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha112.5059   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia14.5613   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A22.002
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida115.0069   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus15.6713   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A120.5040
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis19.0020
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Saturday 12 September 2026 04:51
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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