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TNC Proposed Bird Sanctuary (26082922)
Mpumalanga
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	UNKNOWN
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1998-02-14
Brief_description
This site includes a portion of the Olifants River, old rehabilitated open cast workings, one large and one small earth dam as well as some marsh habitat towards the southern part of the site.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	10	10.00	10
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.00	1
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	15	126.57	289
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	3	18.36	66
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	9.36	32
203	Crake, Black	Zapornia flavirostra	1	1.00	1
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	6.78	42
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	4	4.00	4
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	2	2.33	3
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	2	2.00	2
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	6	30.20	58
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	4	83.39	475
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.29	2
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	1.44	4
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	2.50	8
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	4	21.13	66
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	16.96	63
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	10.75	42
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	2.00	3
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	18.95	75
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	1.25	2
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	2	4.00	8
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.00	1
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	1.00	1
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	1.79	5
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.25	2
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	1.29	4
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.33	3
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	2	5.43	11
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	2	16.11	56
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	6.50	31
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.00	1
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	2.33	3
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	2.33	4
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	19.93	116
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	1.88	4
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	1.00	1
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	1.67	2
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	3.57	10
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	2	19.33	90
282	Pratincole, Black-winged	Glareola nordmanni	2	2.00	2
281	Pratincole, Collared	Glareola pratincola	61	61.00	61
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.57	3
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	5.50	10
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	3.50	6
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	2.00	6
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	2.00	2
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	2	13.40	45
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	4.40	12
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	4.23	15
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	2	7.25	20
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	2	16.00	30
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	2.25	4
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Spatula hottentota	1	7.00	13
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	1.00	1
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	4	23.78	120
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	3	3.50	4
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	2	6.54	20
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	3	14.60	30
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	6	6.00	6
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	4.22	14

Friday 19 April 2024 11:34
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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