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Vaal Dam: South (27042816)
Free State
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Birding Vaaldam
Management status	STATE IMPOUNDMENT
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2002-10-27

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
256		Calidris pugnax	3	114.64	660
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	3.50	10
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	3.33	8
66	Bittern, Dwarf	Ixobrychus sturmii	1	1.00	1
4136	Black-backed Gull, Lesser	Larus fuscus	1	1.00	1
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	39	453.00	1449
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	2	40.08	139
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	3	45.50	113
214	Crane, Grey Crowned	Balearica regulorum	1	1.00	1
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	31.92	117
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	15.75	37
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	2	3.50	7
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	27.40	60
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	7.00	15
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	1.33	2
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	3	51.40	220
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	28.86	118
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	36	157.36	517
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	13.75	45
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	7.78	36
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	28.92	104
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	7	217.77	1451
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	4.44	11
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	2	18.13	85
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	41	47.50	54
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	6	40.50	75
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	371	1841.29	5083	3500	1750	3200
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	13	99.07	367
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	1.67	2
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	2.20	4
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	3.10	8
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	24	152.00	350
10010	Gull, Unidentified	Lanus sp.	1	40.50	80
169	Harrier, Black	Circus maurus	1	1.00	1
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	6.17	15
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	2	13.15	48
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	7	24.14	49
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	2	35.71	69
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.57	2
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	4.50	7
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	1.33	2
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	21.27	98
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	9	133.40	634		500
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	8	43.23	86
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.00	1
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	1.67	2
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	1.00	1
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	29	560.57	1221
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	19	54.00	89
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	4	4.00	4
74	Openbill, African	Anastomus lamelligerus	4	4.00	4
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.00	1
230	Painted-snipe, Greater	Rostratula benghalensis	1	1.00	1
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	1.50	2
41	Pelican, Pink-backed	Pelecanus rufescens	1	2.86	7
236	Plover, Chestnut-banded	Charadrius pallidus	16	16.00	16
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	3.14	8
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	7	94.36	390
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	15.00	49
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	2	83.57	459		250
282	Pratincole, Black-winged	Glareola nordmanni	4	9937.63	76500	100	50	1700
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	3	13.42	31
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	30.43	168
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	9.00	25
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	2.63	6
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	28.27	74
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	2	35.21	103
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	4	36.54	69
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	3	26.20	61
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	150.33	703
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	2	7.77	33
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	4	4.00	4
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	35.17	89
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	5	84.46	234
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	4	66.29	243	135	68	20
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	101.33	332
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	10	135.75	664	150	75	85
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	127.50	682
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	2.25	4
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	1	1.00	1
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	39.30	144
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	3	3.00	3
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	20.83	56
689	Wagtail, Western Yellow	Motacilla flava	2	2.00	2

Tuesday 23 December 2025 04:02
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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