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Nylsvley Nature Reserve (24392841)

Limpopo

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information SA008 - NYL RIVER FLOODPLAIN
Ramsar information ZA016 - Nylsvley Nature Reserve
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Information 

Date_registered
1998-01-01

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax1017.0029  
72Scopus umbretta14.1612   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta11.001   
66Bittern, DwarfIxobrychus sturmii13.808   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus13.4714   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata122.07193   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus165.89360   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus110.19103   
199Crake, AfricanCrex egregia22.002-1
202Crake, Baillon'sZaporina pusilla11.001
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra18.6429
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.5924   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa113.1356   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor119.4062   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos18.1033   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa49.4014   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.114.2552
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus110.0457   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata1142.811707   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata217.1199   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba114.5087   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia128.00210   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta18.8133   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis1479.204225   
14799Egret, Yellow-billedEgretta brachyrhyncha88.008   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer12.9513
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa33.003
209Gallinule, Allen'sPorphyrio alleni36.5010 
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca114.0680   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis159.58442   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis17.8946   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
166Harrier, Western MarshCircus aeruginosus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca14.5713   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala16.5951   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.166   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea113.3061   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea115.05117   
65Heron, Rufous-belliedArdeola rufiventris11.001   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides123.89127   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata15.3233   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedArdea sp.22.002
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus165.25954   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus114.8871   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash17.6957   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus153.04251   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.673
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus12.239
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis13.5610
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus14.1715   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus547.47129   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus114.6974   
211Moorhen, LesserParagallinula angulata12.297
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax157.44343 250 
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis12.8110
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.502   
41Pelican, Pink-backedPelecanus rufescens22.002   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius11.001   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.2912   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma111.1633   
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni64297.5096410050 
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.442-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola13.5414   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana44.004   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii18.0015   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis18.0347   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba111.6848   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus15.0024   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta12.504   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra11.502   
73Stork, MarabouLeptoptilos crumenifer128.6767   
75Stork, Saddle-billedEphippiorhynchus senegalensis12.003   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia44.004  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis118.7569   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis114.7573 50
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota19.8338   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis33.003   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha117.7987   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida210.2525   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus88.008   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.252
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp11.001
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis11.752
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