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Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (26442749)

Gauteng

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Date_registered
2016-02-16
Brief_description
Count performed by boat on the Vaal River from Stonehaven-on-Vaal to Boschenvaal, one side of the river bank going, the other when returning.
Physical_features
A River Count

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.332   
1016Anas platyrhynchos23.004
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.506   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata194.571020   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus2020.0020   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus143.34123   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus159.13213  130
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.245
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa123.47103   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa113.1330   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus13.188
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor2626.0026   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid11.001
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos22.002   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa44.004   
10003Duck, MuscovyCairina moschata44.004
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.23.004
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata156.18280   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata322.3887   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta17.3937   
982Egret, SlatyEgretta vinaceigula11.001   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis117.4873   
14799Egret, Yellow-billedEgretta brachyrhyncha11.001   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer12.155
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus6060.0060   
92Goose, African Pygmy Nettapus auritus44.004   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus16.7847
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca304574.93995   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis14.0517   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.502   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis310.1531   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus112.2966   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus44.004
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca12.466   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala19.5431   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath14.3715   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea17.3220   
14879Heron, LittleButorides atricapilla22.002
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.6713   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides14.2917   
63Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)Butorides striata14.6316   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus117.62124   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus115.1178   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash53170.10426   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima12.576
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus17.4623
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis13.2213
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus14.0021   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus39307.47719   
10015Mallard, HybridAnas hybrid44.004
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus217.0083   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.864   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.292   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos13.167  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana33.003   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii13.8511   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.502   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis11.001   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.835  
884Swan, MuteCygnus olor11.502
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota35.337   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis22.002   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha22.503   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia13.389   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A14.337
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida129.6499 7585
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus138.1488   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp12.005
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis1032.6986
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Thursday 10 September 2026 12:35
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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