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Driefontein Farm Dam (33211846)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2002-07-21

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
256Calidris pugnax11.001  
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata154.03219   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus128.09220   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus112.9665   
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea12.143   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa17.3521   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus11.001
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid11.001
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa16.5618   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.3030.0030
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata139.14170   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.502   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.001   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis15.8817   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.192
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus24.006   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus1717.0017
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca2255.191687   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis154.39296   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis14.1321   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus13.448   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis122.0365   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia12.607   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus11.713   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.2512   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.328   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus112.3566   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus13.678   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash17.9325   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus33.003   
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis33.003
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus421.82102   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax12.506   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus128.12124   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius112.5845   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris16.3076   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma12.254   
261Redshank, CommonTringa totanus11.001
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.252  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.001   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.001   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana168.82268 210 
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii110.19103   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba13.9011   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus14.9419   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta124.1888   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia55.005  1
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota13.678   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis14.9213   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha110.7262   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus14.508   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.602   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A2020.0020
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis18.7242
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Monday 14 July 2025 09:44
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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