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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 cristata154.86219   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus127.75220   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus111.1565   
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea12.143   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa17.4421   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus11.001
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid11.001
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa16.5618   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.3030.0030
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata139.94170   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea 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 aegyptiaca2259.871687   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis155.63296   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis14.5721   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus13.428   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis122.6865   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia12.607   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus11.673   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.2512   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.338   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus112.3566   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus13.678   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash17.7825   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus33.003   
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis33.003
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus421.82102   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax12.506   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus129.81124   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius113.2245   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris16.4176   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma12.254   
261Redshank, CommonTringa totanus11.001
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.252  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.001   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.001   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana170.59268 210 
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii110.19103   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba14.0511   
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 capensis18.8842
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Saturday 19 April 2025 12:40
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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