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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.
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River and tributary

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.001   
1016, MallardAnas platyrhynchos22.002
256, RuffCalidris pugnax219.3335  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta27.6023   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.699   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata118.06113   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus117.7967   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus29.2642   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.928
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa318.5875   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa19.6531   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus13.005
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor26.5011   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.112.0050
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata19.1345   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata241.40144   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.003   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta15.0014   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis329.89101   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer12.936
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus3545.0055   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor44.004   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus12.117
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca74139.33273   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis128.39217   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis22.002   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus33.003   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis113.8244   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus119.5779   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca12.253   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala13.1712   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath13.9010   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.643   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.008   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides14.4219   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata12.648   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus14.5612   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus114.7937   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash1341.71131   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima13.148
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus19.5229
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis15.7114
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus117.7859   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus3127.04417   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid22.002
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus18.0023   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax13.6010   
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.001
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius11.001   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.754   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana13.678   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii14.6716   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis14.6012   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.803   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus14.5011   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta11.001   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis12.003   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.504  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota44.004   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis11.502   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha113.7559   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia14.6313   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A22.002
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida116.0069   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus15.6713   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A120.5040
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis18.8320
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Friday 11 October 2024 08:15
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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