Polokwane (Pietersburg) Bird Sanctuary (23512927) | |
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Limpopo | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1997-02-01 |
| Brief_description |
| A reserve with dams and a seasonal marsh. The count for summer 1997 shows some notable concentrations of waterbirds, including a good count of Knobbilled Duck (the only high summer count from any site during the survey period) and the highest summer count of Sacred Ibis from any site. The count of Southern Pochard is good for an area where this duck is not widespread; there were also reasonable counts of Redbilled Teal, Hottentot Teal, Maccoa Duck and Wattled Plover for the region. Halfcollared Kingfisher also occurs. A threat is the presence of overhead power lines. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.93 | 5 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 3 | 57.50 | 145 | ||||
| 66 | Bittern, Dwarf | Ixobrychus sturmii | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 3 | 22.27 | 56 | |||
| 51 | Cormorant, Crowned | Microcarbo coronatus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 2 | 6.38 | 19 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 17.68 | 50 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zapornia flavirostra | 1 | 10.07 | 22 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 8.10 | 34 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 5.50 | 10 | |||
| 91 | Duck, Knob-billed | Sarkidiornis melanotos | 2 | 12.29 | 22 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 4 | 5.00 | 6 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 25 | 38.50 | 52 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 2 | 123.35 | 880 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 2 | 12.35 | 43 | |||
| 149 | Eagle, African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.95 | 3 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 23.00 | 48 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 2.69 | 6 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 27.86 | 74 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 11.92 | 125 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 3.43 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 10.36 | 37 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 5.56 | 27 | |||
| 69 | Heron, Black-crowned Night | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 7.56 | 22 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.20 | 6 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.40 | 3 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 2.29 | 6 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 1 | 5.21 | 18 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 4 | 66.21 | 420 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 3.33 | 12 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 5.33 | 16 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 8.06 | 16 | |||
| 229 | Jacana, Lesser | Microparra capensis | 14 | 14.00 | 14 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 26.81 | 79 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 2 | 12.21 | 34 | |||
| 230 | Painted-snipe, Greater | Rostratula benghalensis | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 5.11 | 12 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 17.91 | 57 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.75 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 3.83 | 14 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 41.00 | 220 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 54.30 | 235 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Spatula smithii | 2 | 3.33 | 6 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 2 | 5.00 | 8 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 2 | 13.65 | 67 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 3 | 16.00 | 42 | |||
| 80 | Stork, White | Ciconia ciconia | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 3.23 | 6 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Spatula hottentota | 1 | 6.69 | 18 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 3 | 18.56 | 71 | |||
| 10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 10 | 10.00 | 10 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 10 | 17.33 | 30 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 5.12 | 14 | |||
| 688 | Wagtail, Mountain | Motacilla clara | 4 | 4.00 | 4 |
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