Lake Chrissie (26193013) | |
|---|---|
Mpumalanga | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Barberton Bird Club |
| Management status | PRIVATE LAND |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA019 - CHRISSIE PANS |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1992-02-07 |
| Brief_description |
| A large open pan (1045 ha) with a clay/silt basin and predominantly sandy shoreline; it dries out periodically. Counts in February 1992, and from winter 1996 to winter 1997, show mainly small numbers of a good selection of waterbirds, but noteworthy totals in February 1992 were 50 Greater Flamingo, 700 Lesser Flamingo and 200 Egyptian Goose. Of the nine waterfowl species recorded, numbers of six peak in winter, as do numbers of Redknobbed Coot. Incomplete counts in January-February 1986 (D.G. Allan) included hundreds of Greater Flamingo, thousands of Lesser Flamingo, 630 Curlew Sandpiper, 3000 Ruff, 153 Little Stint and 131 Avocet. Alien fish have been introduced for angling; no other threats have been identified. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 2 | 9.50 | 17 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 169.75 | 650 | 250 | 125 | 190 |
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 19 | 172.24 | 605 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 2.00 | 6 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 1.71 | 3 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 2 | 105.50 | 307 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 15.23 | 36 | |||
| 149 | Eagle, African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 6.50 | 11 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 5 | 100.28 | 560 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 25 | 561.88 | 2300 | 600 | ||
| 10016 | Flamingo, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 300 | 350.00 | 400 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 3 | 142.75 | 637 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 5.81 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 8.40 | 43 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 7.24 | 33 | |||
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 2 | 4.33 | 7 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.81 | 8 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 4.60 | 19 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 4 | 15.00 | 37 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 5.57 | 22 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 10.16 | 24 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 361 | Owl, Marsh | Asio capensis | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 236 | Plover, Chestnut-banded | Charadrius pallidus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 11.63 | 25 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 2 | 4.91 | 11 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 4.86 | 9 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 2.67 | 5 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 3.25 | 8 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Spatula smithii | 2 | 13.06 | 54 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 9.00 | 26 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 4.00 | 9 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 2 | 3.14 | 5 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 105.40 | 1000 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Spatula hottentota | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 6.83 | 20 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 13.50 | 72 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 5 | 16.50 | 28 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 86.33 | 200 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 213.40 | 1000 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 15.17 | 37 |
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