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Glen Austin Pan Bird Sanctuary (25582810)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment & Private
Management status TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information
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Date_registered
2004-08-04
Brief_description
Residential development around pan edges may negatively affect bird life at this site.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax11.001  
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
1016Anas platyrhynchos22.503
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta29.0021   
4136Black-backed Gull, LesserLarus fuscus11.001 
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata243.70171   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus12.145   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus26.0010   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.502   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor55.506   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa17.5816   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.11.001
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus11.672   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata114.1575   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata19.7330   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba44.004   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.502   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta12.005   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis112.0467   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus113.2935   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor2159.33122   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus15.0013
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca111.0476   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis13.5813   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus11.502   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis121.94130   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia33.003   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus2123.6312271000500 
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca22.002   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala19.8750   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea13.1614   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.503   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus147.45339   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus15.1815   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash12.759   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus22.333   
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus115.2174   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus131.71260   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus110.1948   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.672   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris12.334   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma19.0632   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos1010.0010  
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola44.004   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii16.2018   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba13.008   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus24.509   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis12.335  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota23.756   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis22.002   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha18.6928   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida110.3328   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus22.002   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis12.334
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