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Korsman Bird Sanctuary (26112818)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status PROTECTED
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Date_registered
1992-01-24
Brief_description
A small pan with open water and fringing vegetation. Has an impressive variety of waterbirds, with good counts of herons, African Spoonbill, flamingos and Greyheaded Gull. Available counts are not enough to give a good picture of seasonal variations, but some herons, Greater Flamingo and Hadeda seem to be commoner in winter, while Whitefronted, Threebanded, Blacksmith and Wattled Plovers, Avocet and Water Dikkop are commoner in summer. Greater Flamingo numbers have decreased; Greyheaded Gull numbers are rising. Numbers of Little Bittern, Purple Gallinule, and Grass and Marsh Owls, are reasonable. Occasional raw sewage overflow and wandering domestic dogs are potential threats.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta12.003   
1016, MallardAnas platyrhynchos11.802
256, RuffCalidris pugnax18.5712  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta29.8032   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.7910   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata5196.301216   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis1414.0014   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus114.4749   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus122.36125   
199Crake, AfricanCrex egregia11.001-1
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra13.1511
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa16.1423   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.887   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus11.673
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor14.8112   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa17.7421   
1017Duck, MandarinAix galericulata24.006
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.13.839
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus13.208   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata17.8528   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata111.0865   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba12.114   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia13.4412   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.9512   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis2114.32397   
213Finfoot, AfricanPodica senegalensis11.001 
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1100.13428   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor153.00233   
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus212.3129
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca450.32213   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis131.23179   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis55.005   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus15.7219   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis19.5943   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia99.009   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus1144.4518351000500 
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca14.6713   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala17.3144   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.469   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea15.2876   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea12.004   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides15.4023   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.803   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus1264.434091200010003000
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus181.45410   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash318.3556   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus12.755   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima24.757
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus12.259
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis24.007
254Knot, RedCalidris canutus66.006   
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus13.6913   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus216.0483   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus124.63165   
211Moorhen, LesserParagallinula angulata12.639
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax15.0425   
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis34.677
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis17.2515
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius78.009   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris13.5017   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus1919.0019   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma110.2054   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens44.004-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos13.5012  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea22.503  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis35.8010   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola25.8311   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii211.0352   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis55.506   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba121.25121 75 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus16.4721   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta112.1328   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis17.2129  
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus12.504
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota14.4814   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis13.896   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha15.4614   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida16.4418   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus322.0058   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus79.5012   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A110.5018
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis15.6241
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Monday 09 December 2024 06:56
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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