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Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 1 (26192720)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information SA025 - MAGALIESBERG & WITWATERSBERG
Ramsar information
Heritage information
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Date_registered
2001-07-14
Brief_description
Reed encroachment does pose a treat to this site.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.502   
256Calidris pugnax138.2276  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta132.45120   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.089   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata29272.631001   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus132.47165   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus15.1016   
199Crake, AfricanCrex egregia11.001-1
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra15.7217
201Crake, SpottedPorzana porzana11.001
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa17.4663   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa13.507   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor311.2032   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos22.002   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.114.59123
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus1515.0015   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata154.10696   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata20117.39455   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.075   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia12.335   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.0011   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis166.171370   
14799Egret, Yellow-billedEgretta brachyrhyncha11.001   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.172
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus166.25410   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor441.6094   
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca215.6462   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis122.06163   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus14.4015   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis116.3844   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia12.236   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus114.0041   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.172
168Harrier, PallidCircus macrourus11.001
166Harrier, Western MarshCircus aeruginosus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca17.4622   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala14.7521   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.357   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.3815   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea14.9823   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides18.0658   
63Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)Butorides striata11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus19.7556   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus232.73231   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash16.0534   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.402
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.806
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.926
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus11.001   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus236.48102   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus6107.02364   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.864   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.202
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis44.004   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius11.502   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.4519   
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina11.252
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma112.6868   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens13.188-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos22.002  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea19.6726  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis13.8818   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.928   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana395.08498420210 
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii114.1741   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis15.0920   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba16.3522   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus116.4076   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta313.4030   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia11.001  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis11.543   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis29.9234  
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus11.001
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota224.20102   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis16.5033   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha167.12254   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida117.4277 75 
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus12.406   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A113.5858
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp1111.0011
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis16.1615
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Thursday 10 September 2026 11:54
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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