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Driefontein Pan: East (26243015)

Mpumalanga

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information SA019 - CHRISSIE PANS
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2005-02-01
Brief_description
A small open pan 14 kilometers south of Chrissiesmeer. Early counts from 1991 up to 1994 were conducted by Dr. Warwick Tarboton.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta1515.0015   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata539.57129   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus2222.0022   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus1414.0014   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa33.003   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata19.5026   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis33.003   
10016Flamingo, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca229.8070   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis15.0014   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis11.001   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia33.003   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus22.002   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.001   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala22.002   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea22.002   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash11.001   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus28.3032   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.001   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris11.001   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma22.002   
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis6060.0060   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii612.7529   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba13.006   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1522.5030   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha24.006   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida44.004   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A100100.00100
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis22.002
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Friday 19 April 2024 09:11
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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