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    Ndumo Game Reserve: Banzi Pan (26523217)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 8372
    Compiler 1656
    Location code 26523217Ndumo Game Reserve: Banzi Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2006-07-25
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:00:00
    End time 12:40:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 245
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Due to the changing river course and siltation the pan has become too low to accommodate a boat for the count. As a result visibility has become difficult and large stretches of the shoreline and open water cannot be observed.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		110
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		600
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		150
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		40
    92Goose, African Pygmy
    (Nettapus auritus)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		370
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		580
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 11:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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