Lakenvlei: West (25373002) | |
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Mpumalanga | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | PARTLY PROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA016 - STEENKAMPSBERG |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1997-07-26 |
| Brief_description |
| A reserve in an area of commercial afforestation; three dams, and a palustrine wetland dominated by dense reedbeds which make counting difficult. The winter 1997 count produced a reasonable selection of the commoner waterbird species, including good numbers of Dabchick and Red- knobbed Coot. The July 1998 count was excellent: 2174 birds, including 270 Whitebacked Duck and 1525 coot. Moorhen is widespread and Purple Heron and Redchested Flufftail occur. African Rail and Purple Gallinule occur locally in the area, but Black Crake is infrequent and localised at this altitude. Grass and Marsh Owls, and Wattled Crane, also occur in the area, and Ethiopian Snipe is locally common. Reed encroachment is a major threat; fishing and human disturbance are mild threats. The marshes of this region have been severely modified, and many have been destroyed, by the building of trout dams. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 3 | 497.25 | 1525 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 17.25 | 33 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 4.17 | 11 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zapornia flavirostra | 1 | 3.17 | 11 | |||
| 214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 2.83 | 5 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 2 | 64.80 | 270 | 220 | 110 | 250 |
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 14 | 14.00 | 14 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 63 | 93.29 | 204 | |||
| 149 | Eagle, African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 3.50 | 6 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 205 | Flufftail, Red-chested | Sarothrura rufa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 2.67 | 4 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 5 | 20.00 | 30 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 7 | 59.50 | 133 | |||
| 69 | Heron, Black-crowned Night | Nycticorax nycticorax | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.75 | 5 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 2.83 | 6 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 3 | 4.33 | 5 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 2 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 2 | 4.00 | 7 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 4 | 7.00 | 13 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 2 | 58.63 | 96 | |||
| 211 | Moorhen, Lesser | Paragallinula angulata | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 361 | Owl, Marsh | Asio capensis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 2 | 7.00 | 12 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 4 | 16.75 | 47 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Spatula smithii | 2 | 6.00 | 12 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 2 | 4.40 | 11 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Spatula hottentota | 5 | 8.00 | 11 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 10.50 | 19 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 3 | 3.50 | 4 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 24 | 24.00 | 24 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 2 | 4.86 | 9 |
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