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Blinkpan Dam (26012927)

Mpumalanga

CWAC status DISCONTINUED
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1998-02-01
Brief_description
An artificial dam next to Blinkpan. The count is limited to open water and a narrow shoreline.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata6109.00183   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus511.6721   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus22.002   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus22.002   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata526.2577   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.001   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis916.5024   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca66.006   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis26.5011   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis618.0037   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia33.003   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus22.002   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.001   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus26.3312   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus99.009   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash35.508   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus416.6736   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus66.006   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris66.006   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma12.504   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos44.004  
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii33.504   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis22.002   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba22.002   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus44.505   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis58.5012  
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis55.005   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha417.0030   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus2929.0029   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis23.004
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Monday 09 December 2024 05:54
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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