Korsman Bird Sanctuary (26112818) | |
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Gauteng | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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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. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1.80 | 2 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 8.57 | 12 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 2 | 9.80 | 32 | |||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 2.92 | 10 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 5 | 205.74 | 1216 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 14 | 14.00 | 14 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 14.57 | 49 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 23.19 | 125 | |||
| 199 | Crake, African | Crecopsis egregia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zapornia flavirostra | 1 | 3.36 | 11 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 5.56 | 20 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 2.88 | 7 | |||
| 10006 | Duck, Domestic | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 4.81 | 12 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 7.74 | 21 | |||
| 1017 | Duck, Mandarin | Aix galericulata | 2 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 3.83 | 9 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 1 | 3.20 | 8 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 6.39 | 17 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 9.97 | 65 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 2.11 | 4 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 3.44 | 12 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 4.12 | 12 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 2 | 113.11 | 397 | |||
| 213 | Finfoot, African | Podica senegalensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 103.45 | 428 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 39.23 | 170 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser | 2 | 12.31 | 29 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 4 | 50.50 | 213 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 32.47 | 179 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 6.19 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 9.70 | 43 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 150.80 | 1835 | 1000 | 500 | |
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 4.76 | 13 | |||
| 69 | Heron, Black-crowned Night | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 5.04 | 25 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 7.42 | 44 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 2.57 | 9 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 5.58 | 76 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 2.08 | 4 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 5.58 | 23 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 1 | 1.80 | 3 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 277.15 | 4091 | 2000 | 1000 | 3000 |
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 82.44 | 410 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 3 | 18.46 | 56 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 2.75 | 5 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 2 | 4.75 | 7 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 2.67 | 9 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 2 | 4.00 | 7 | |||
| 254 | Knot, Red | Calidris canutus | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 1 | 3.69 | 13 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 16.32 | 83 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 24.73 | 165 | |||
| 211 | Moorhen, Lesser | Paragallinula angulata | 1 | 2.63 | 9 | |||
| 360 | Owl, African Grass | Tyto capensis | 3 | 4.67 | 7 | |||
| 361 | Owl, Marsh | Asio capensis | 1 | 7.25 | 15 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 7 | 8.00 | 9 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.65 | 17 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 19 | 19.00 | 19 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 10.11 | 54 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 3.50 | 12 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 3 | 5.80 | 10 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 2 | 5.83 | 11 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Spatula smithii | 2 | 10.92 | 52 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 5 | 5.50 | 6 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 22.60 | 121 | 75 | ||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 6.47 | 21 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 12.13 | 28 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 7.39 | 29 | |||
| 10007 | Swan, Black | Cygnus atratus | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Spatula hottentota | 1 | 4.58 | 14 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 3.89 | 6 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 5.46 | 14 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 6.44 | 18 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 3 | 22.00 | 58 | |||
| 274 | Thick-knee, Water | Burhinus vermiculatus | 7 | 9.50 | 12 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 10.50 | 18 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 5.76 | 41 |
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