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Mkhombo Dam (25062855)
Mpumalanga
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED
Authority	Private
Management status	UNKNOWN
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1995-01-14
Brief_description
In summer this dam was counted in 1995 and 1996, while winter counts were made from 1995 to 1997. Summer counts recorded reasonable numbers of only Cattle Egret, Whitefaced Duck, Blacksmith Plover and Ruff, all in 1995. In winter, good numbers of cormorants, Darter, herons, African Spoonbill, Whitefaced Duck, Egyptian Goose, Redbilled Teal and Southern Pochard were recorded. Moderate numbers of Knobbilled Duck, Redknobbed Coot and African Jacana occur in winter, and of Blacksmith Plover in both seasons. Several large heronries were reported in winter 1997, when the dam was full and many acacia trees were standing in water. A severe threat to the habitat is livestock grazing and trampling, while hunting/poaching is an important threat and boating and fishing are mild threats.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.33	2
256		Calidris pugnax	24	188.00	603
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	112.50	327	250	125	190
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	80.09	432
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	50.08	274
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	65.62	274			130
203	Crake, Black	Zapornia flavirostra	1	2.50	5
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	25.67	150
10005	Duck, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.00	1
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	7.88	20
10014	Duck, Unidentified	N/A N/A	50	50.00	50
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	2	2.00	2
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	6	141.17	761
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	2	17.50	44
149	Eagle, African Fish	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	3.30	8
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	6.00	26
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	2.43	6
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	5.73	27
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	5	109.77	449
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	40.00	79
92	Goose, African Pygmy	Nettapus auritus	3	3.00	3
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	8	81.77	216
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	2	26.50	97
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	2	23.67	64	50	25
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2	32.09	90
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	11.50	42
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	13.50	34
4136	Gull, Lesser Black-backed	Larus fuscus	1	1.00	1
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.00	1
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	7.78	31
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	1.00	1
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	3	18.14	64
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	6.18	14
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	3	29.15	84
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.00	1
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	5.33	23
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	3.67	7
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	12.75	73
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	3	29.57	90
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	2	5.92	12
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	15.27	75
402	Kingfisher, Brown-hooded	Halcyon albiventris	1	1.00	1
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	2	2.00	2
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	4.25	11
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	8.20	31
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	3.00	13
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	8	77.38	237
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	4.50	20
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.50	2
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	2	2.00	2
41	Pelican, Pink-backed	Pelecanus rufescens	1	1.00	1
236	Plover, Chestnut-banded	Charadrius pallidus	1	1.50	2
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	4	32.00	65
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	1	1.00	1
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	76.13	311
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	2	27.90	132
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	4	4.00	4
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	16.14	75
282	Pratincole, Black-winged	Glareola nordmanni	4	82.00	160	100	50
281	Pratincole, Collared	Glareola pratincola	6	6.00	6
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	4.17	7
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	211	211.00	211
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	7.20	22
895	Sandpiper, Pectoral	Calidris melanotos	1	1.00	1
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	14.25	45
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	2	5.86	14
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	5	6.00	7
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	19.33	42
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	4	43.75	105
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	52	347.50	643
73	Stork, Marabou	Leptoptilos crumenifer	3	3.00	3
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	2	14.00	37
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	2.00	3
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Spatula hottentota	2	23.20	83
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	4	81.10	251
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	17.40	59			20
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	2	31.80	127		75	85
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	3	59.80	196
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	2	2.00	2
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	2	2.00	2
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	50	75.00	100
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	1.00	1
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	6.38	25
689	Wagtail, Western Yellow	Motacilla flava	1	1.50	2

Friday 26 April 2024 11:00
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Mkhombo Dam (25062855)

Mpumalanga

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