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President Ridge Bird Sanctuary (26062759)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
2008-09-01
Brief_description
A small municipal bird sanctuary. The sanctuary supports a sizeable heronry on an island in the middle surrounded by a grassy area with some 240 indigenous trees and a small flood plain at the head of the dam with willow trees.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta22.002   
10015Anas hybrid11.001
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata13.649   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus710.0012   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus66.006   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa14.508   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.572   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata15.7012   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta33.003   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis1159.00245   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca13.3016   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis11.252   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.001   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala17.5017   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea13.005   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus118.6034   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash114.6739   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus25.008   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus11.402   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus24.2011   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.001  
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis11.001
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Sunday 01 October 2023 05:16
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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