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Polokwane (Pietersburg) Bird Sanctuary (23512927)

Limpopo

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status PROTECTED
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Date_registered
1997-02-01
Brief_description
A reserve with dams and a seasonal marsh. The count for summer 1997 shows some notable concentrations of waterbirds, including a good count of Knobbilled Duck (the only high summer count from any site during the survey period) and the highest summer count of Sacred Ibis from any site. The count of Southern Pochard is good for an area where this duck is not widespread; there were also reasonable counts of Redbilled Teal, Hottentot Teal, Maccoa Duck and Wattled Plover for the region. Halfcollared Kingfisher also occurs. A threat is the presence of overhead power lines.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.935   
256, RuffCalidris pugnax357.50145  
66Bittern, DwarfIxobrychus sturmii11.001   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus22.002   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata322.2756   
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus44.004   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus26.3819   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus117.6850   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra110.0722
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa18.1034   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.001   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor15.5010   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos212.2922   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa45.006   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.11.001
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus2538.5052   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata2123.35880   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata212.3543   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba123.0048   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta12.696   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis127.8674   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.953
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca111.92125   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis13.4312   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis210.3637   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia15.5627   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.206   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.403   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides12.296   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata15.2118   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus466.21420   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus13.3312   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash15.3316   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus18.0616   
229Jacana, LesserMicroparra capensis1414.0014   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.252
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.673
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.003
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus1212.0012   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus226.8179   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus212.2134   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax17.5622   
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.502   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.1112   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma117.9157   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.752-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos13.8314  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis141.00220   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola154.30235   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii23.336   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis44.004   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba25.008   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus213.6567   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta316.0042   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia11.502  1
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis13.236  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota16.6918   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis11.001   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha318.5671   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A1010.0010
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A1017.3330
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis15.1214
688Wagtail, MountainMotacilla clara44.004
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Wednesday 04 December 2024 10:44
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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