President Ridge Bird Sanctuary (26062759) | |
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Gauteng | |
CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
Authority | Private |
Management status | TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY |
Conservation status | PROTECTED |
IBA information | |
Ramsar information | |
Heritage information | |
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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. |
Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
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212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 3.89 | 9 | |||
50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 7 | 10.00 | 12 | |||
47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 4.50 | 8 | |||
95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 5.75 | 12 | |||
59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 159.00 | 245 | |||
89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 3.75 | 16 | |||
6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 7.50 | 17 | |||
54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 3 | 4.00 | 5 | |||
81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 20.38 | 34 | |||
84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 15.20 | 39 | |||
395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 2 | 4.38 | 11 | |||
686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 |