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Abe Bailey Nature Reserve: Mooirivier Loop 3 (26212715)

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
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Date_registered
2003-02-08

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax137.91193  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta125.56139 125 
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.007   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata8180.45864   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus115.6978   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus14.8316   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.694
201Crake, SpottedPorzana porzana11.001
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa19.7039   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa24.207   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor28.2518   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos11.001   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.312.3330
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata128.33136   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata129.44131   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba14.8012   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia35.508   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta15.0744   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis184.88558   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.202
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus2128.23669 625 
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor161.56229   
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca19.5840   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis16.2941   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis22.002   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.402   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis122.0065   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.112   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus17.6016   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.332
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca16.9024   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala15.4233   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.313   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.787   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.145   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides14.5612   
63Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)Butorides striata11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus15.1637   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus111.6463   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash12.084   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.001
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus23.506   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus18.7853   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus111.2440   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax12.457   
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis11.001
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius12.276   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.0312   
978Pochard, HybridAythya hybrid11.001
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina11.001
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma16.0023   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.643-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos44.004  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea11.001  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis12.505   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola13.2917   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana141.07309 210 
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii113.6972   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis13.7316   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba15.4131   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus114.7753   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta124.2977   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis12.136   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.4610  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota111.4343   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis13.899   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha242.82256   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida16.9226   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus55.005   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A18.3320
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis12.8312
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava22.002
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