Korsman Bird Sanctuary (26112818) | |
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Gauteng | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1992-01-24 |
| Brief_description |
| A small pan with open water and fringing vegetation. Has an impressive variety of waterbirds, with good counts of herons, African Spoonbill, flamingos and Greyheaded Gull. Available counts are not enough to give a good picture of seasonal variations, but some herons, Greater Flamingo and Hadeda seem to be commoner in winter, while Whitefronted, Threebanded, Blacksmith and Wattled Plovers, Avocet and Water Dikkop are commoner in summer. Greater Flamingo numbers have decreased; Greyheaded Gull numbers are rising. Numbers of Little Bittern, Purple Gallinule, and Grass and Marsh Owls, are reasonable. Occasional raw sewage overflow and wandering domestic dogs are potential threats. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 2 | 9.80 | 32 | |||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 3.10 | 10 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 5 | 224.49 | 1216 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 14 | 14.00 | 14 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Phalacrocorax africanus | 1 | 14.85 | 49 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax carbo | 1 | 24.93 | 125 | |||
| 199 | Crake, African | Crecopsis egregia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Amaurornis flavirostris | 1 | 3.60 | 11 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 5.11 | 20 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 2.88 | 7 | |||
| 10006 | Duck, Domestic | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 4.81 | 12 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 7.74 | 21 | |||
| 1016 | Duck, Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1.80 | 2 | |||
| 1017 | Duck, Mandarin | Aix galericulata | 2 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 4.40 | 9 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 1 | 3.20 | 8 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 6.65 | 17 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 9.25 | 65 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 2 | 111.83 | 397 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Egretta alba | 1 | 2.11 | 4 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 3.63 | 10 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Yellow-billed | Egretta intermedia | 1 | 3.47 | 12 | |||
| 213 | Finfoot, African | Podica senegalensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus ruber | 1 | 103.45 | 428 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoenicopterus minor | 1 | 39.23 | 170 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser | 2 | 12.31 | 29 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiacus | 4 | 50.20 | 213 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 34.53 | 179 | |||
| 360 | Grass-owl, African | Tyto capensis | 3 | 4.67 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 6.87 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 10.34 | 43 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Larus cirrocephalus | 1 | 160.53 | 1835 | 1000 | 500 | |
| 72 | Hamerkop, Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 5.27 | 13 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 7.90 | 44 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 2.06 | 6 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Green-backed | Butorides striata | 1 | 1.80 | 3 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 5.85 | 76 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.75 | 3 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 5.74 | 23 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 302.12 | 4091 | 2000 | 1000 | 3300 |
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 84.45 | 410 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadeda | Bostrychia hagedash | 3 | 16.86 | 56 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 2.75 | 5 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maximus | 3 | 5.67 | 7 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Alcedo cristata | 1 | 3.00 | 9 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 2 | 4.00 | 7 | |||
| 254 | Knot, Red | Calidris canutus | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 1 | 3.73 | 13 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 16.24 | 83 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 25.44 | 165 | |||
| 211 | Moorhen, Lesser | Gallinula angulata | 1 | 2.63 | 9 | |||
| 69 | Night-Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 3.76 | 17 | |||
| 361 | Owl, Marsh | Asio capensis | 1 | 7.25 | 15 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 7 | 8.00 | 9 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.65 | 17 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 19 | 19.00 | 19 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 10.11 | 54 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 256 | Ruff, Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | 1 | 8.57 | 12 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 3.50 | 12 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 3 | 5.80 | 10 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 2 | 5.83 | 11 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 2 | 11.24 | 52 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 5 | 5.50 | 6 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 24.04 | 121 | 75 | ||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 6.47 | 21 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 12.13 | 28 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African Purple | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 7.76 | 29 | |||
| 10007 | Swan, Black | Cygnus atratus | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 3.89 | 6 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Hottentot | Anas hottentota | 1 | 4.83 | 14 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 5.42 | 14 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 6.44 | 18 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 3 | 22.00 | 58 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 7 | 9.50 | 12 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 10.50 | 18 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 6.13 | 41 |
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