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Olifantsnek Dam (25472715)

North West

CWAC status NEWLY REGISTERED
Authority Birdlife Rustenburg Club
Management status
Conservation status UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
2010-08-13

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta12.254   
1016Anas platyrhynchos11.001
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata216.0027   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus17.3835   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus19.6942   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.505
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa17.5033   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.435   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus11.001
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos11.001   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa44.004   
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus1313.0013   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata14.8012   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata213.5346   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.332   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.109   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis119.9446   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.252
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca220.3878   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis29.7830   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis11.001   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus23.808   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis19.1325   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.332   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus814.0020   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca44.004   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.402   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.152   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.9211   
14879Heron, LittleButorides atricapilla11.001
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.001   
63Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)Butorides striata11.314   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus323.5044   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus11.001   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash19.5338   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.804   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima12.504
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.753
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis13.088
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus16.0021   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus231.2293   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus14.6012   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius17.1116   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris14.9411   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma34.005   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos13.6913  
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.502   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis12.866   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.573   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus11.502   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta12.754   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.001  
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha17.4318   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.835   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida14.5716   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp22.002
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis14.1715
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