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 | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | Click here |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 3.07 | 9 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 7.75 | 12 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 3.33 | 8 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 6.17 | 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 | 2.92 | 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 | 6.20 | 17 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 19.38 | 41 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 13.13 | 39 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 2 | 4.33 | 8 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 10015 | Mallard, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 2 | 4.46 | 11 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 |
Tuesday 15 July 2025 09:23
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
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