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Seekoeivlei (27352935)
Free State
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Free State Department of Tourism, Environmental and Economic Affairs
Management status	PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status	PROTECTED
IBA information	SA020 - GRASSLAND BIOSPHERE RESERVE
Ramsar information	ZA015 - Seekoei Nature Reserve
Heritage information
View Cards	No

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Date_registered
1992-02-07
Brief_description
A Ramsar site and part of the Seekoeivlei Nature Reserve; supports large numbers and wide variety of waterbirds. Floodplain 20 km long, drained by Klip River; extensive marshes (Phragmites, Typha, Cyperus, Leersia, etc.) and many seasonal oxbow lakes. Three crane species occur; Bittern probably breeds. Breeding colonies of egrets, African Spoonbill and Blackcrowned Night-Heron. Good numbers of Glossy Ibis, Squacco Heron, Little Bittern and Ethiopian Snipe recorded. Whitewinged Flufftail and Baillon's Crake occur; African Rail, Moorhen and Purple Gallinule common; Lesser Moorhen in summer 1997. High biomass in winter 1994, when Spurwinged Geese were numerous. Winter counts have declined since 1994, mainly owing to decline in numbers of common waterfowl. Domestic dogs and cats pose an important threat; pollution from plastics, and hunting/poaching, are mild threats.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
256		Calidris pugnax	1	22.17	77
72		Scopus umbretta	1	2.59	5
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	4.36	17
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.50	2
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	15	151.14	707
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	2	35.05	145
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	6.25	30
203	Crake, Black	Zapornia flavirostra	2	4.40	12
198	Crake, Corn	Crex crex	1	1.00	1
216	Crane, Blue	Grus paradisea	2	19.50	37
214	Crane, Grey Crowned	Balearica regulorum	1	22.97	180		80
215	Crane, Wattled	Grus carunculata	2	5.67	24		2
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	11.96	75
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	7.09	34
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	2	2.00	2
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	1.00	1
10014	Duck, Unidentified	N/A N/A	4	14.17	40
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	5	7.50	10
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	4.00	12
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	9	142.60	676
149	Eagle, African Fish	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.20	2
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	9.00	66
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	9.79	34
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	13.08	87
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	478.15	5000	5000
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	4	10.50	17
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser	1	1.00	1
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	52.84	329
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	105.09	1308		710
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	2	4.50	7
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	9.65	31
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	6.14	22
10010	Gull, Unidentified	N/A N/A	9	9.00	9
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.86	3
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	1.17	2
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	6.79	41
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	4.94	16
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.44	3
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	6.13	30
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.43	8
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	3.48	11
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	32.56	356
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	39.81	560	500
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	14.81	83
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.50	2
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.33	3
396	Kingfisher, Half-collared	Alcedo semitorquata	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	2.05	5
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	2.27	6
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	2	7.83	42
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	33.04	149
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	2	28.49	235
211	Moorhen, Lesser	Paragallinula angulata	6	6.00	6
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.00	1
360	Owl, African Grass	Tyto capensis	1	1.43	2
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	2.33	4
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	6	6.00	6
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	2	8.40	16
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	7.41	50
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	2	4.82	14
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	1	2.00	3		-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.00	1
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	8	8.00	8
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	2.60	4
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	2	5.50	9
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	13.69	68
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	1	10.35	54
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	12.91	62
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	15.81	51
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	7.89	35
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	3	13.00	23
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	18.63	87	50
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Spatula hottentota	2	14.10	81
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	6	6.00	6
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	9.22	57
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	29.53	136	75	85
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	2	11.29	19
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	4	218.20	1170
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	12.64	43

Thursday 18 April 2024 10:52
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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