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PMC Wetlands (24013110)

Limpopo

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Phalaborwa Bird Club
Management status MINING PROPERTY
Conservation status PARTLY PROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2000-07-29
Brief_description
The site is made up of the following wetlands counted: Return Water Dam (31.17, 24.01), sewage works (31.15,23.98), the wetland under the waste rock dump (31.14,24.00) and the old tailings dam (31.18,24.00).

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255Calidris alba22.002   
72Scopus umbretta13.3212   
256Calidris pugnax123.71108  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta113.0556   
71Bittern, EurasianBotaurus stellaris11.001   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.563   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus115.3081   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus497.33454  130
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra15.5721
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa110.8638   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa22.002   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos11.001   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata213.2071   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer12.426
58Egret, GreatArdea alba15.1820   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta17.0723   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis199.79434   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus125.91136   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor145.31220   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca323.0283   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis16.7826   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia12.618   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus12.335   
899Gull, Lesser Black-backedLarus fuscus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.001   
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax12.806   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.146   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea114.8871   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea15.8519   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.563   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata13.9712   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus77.007   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash12.564   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus12.6813   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.506
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus12.706
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis18.2322
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus216.9336   
246Lapwing, White-crownedVanellus albiceps13.296   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus12.446   
74Openbill, AfricanAnastomus lamelligerus25.008   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.202
370Owl, Pel's FishingScotopelia peli11.001
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis12.003   
41Pelican, Pink-backedPelecanus rufescens110.6750   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius18.9242   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris16.1221   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus18.6024   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma11.502   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos12.004  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea123.60138  
259Sandpiper, GreenTringa ochropus22.002
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis16.3838   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola16.7421   
1342Shelduck, CommonTadorna tadorna11.001
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii33.504   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba115.3259   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus122.83146   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta163.76314   
73Stork, MarabouLeptoptilos crumenifer378.80383   
75Stork, Saddle-billedEphippiorhynchus senegalensis12.3611   
77Stork, Woolly-neckedCiconia episcopus24.007   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis114.3991   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis14.4212  
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota18.1447   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis113.1861   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha17.6430   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus3030.0030   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus19.4432   
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp17.0017
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis12.715
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Thursday 28 March 2024 11:04
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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