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Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

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
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2006-08-16
Brief_description
Pollution by litter and sewage seems to be an ongoing problem at this wetland.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax148.00209  
72Scopus umbretta11.202   
4150Albatross, ShyThalassarche cauta11.001
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta112.0747   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.502   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata109721.732625 2500 
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus1717.0017   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus329.00196   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus117.2491   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.603
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.9316   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.277   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor16.3924   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos22.002   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa135.52186  75
1017Duck, MandarinAix galericulata11.001
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.14.089
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus13.006   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata287.20323   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata124.2892   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.252   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia44.004   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta14.5623   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis121.10103   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus129.19106   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor13.009   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus11.402
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca868.03254   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis15.2424   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis1141.19618250125240
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus112.91755025 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis1187.28774500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.132   
2062Gull, Great Black-backedLarus marinus2121.0021
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus165.63319   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus11.001   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca12.277   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala110.6340   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.082   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea15.8132   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.849   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides17.8834   
63Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)Butorides striata11.864   
10011Heron, UnidentifiedArdea sp.11.001
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus161.62170   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus139.31165   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash119.8381   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.534   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.502
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.504
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.132
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus15.6725   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus3197.68322   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus152.60195   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax13.9519   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.303
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.502   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius15.0011   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris111.08105   
1332Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina14.207
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma159.39241   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.673  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea166166.00166  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.754   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola12.7010   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana13.1713   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii946.20116   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis17.8430   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba15.0845   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus126.33120   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta538.4394   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia11.001  1
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis23.757   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis18.9245  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota18.2624   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis322.0392   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha124.92103   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A12.003
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida212.3627   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus7314.621505 1000 
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A141.20150
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis118.16136
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava12.004
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Thursday 10 September 2026 02:07
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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