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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.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	2.00	3
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	1.80	2
256		Calidris pugnax	1	8.57	12
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	2	9.80	32
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	2.79	10
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	5	196.30	1216
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	14	14.00	14
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	14.47	49
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	22.36	125
199	Crake, African	Crex egregia	1	1.00	1			-1
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	3.15	11
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	6.14	23
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	2.88	7
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	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	Anas sp.	1	3.83	9
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	1	3.20	8
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	7.85	28
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	11.08	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	3.95	12
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	2	114.32	397
213	Finfoot, African	Podica senegalensis	1	1.00	1
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	100.13	428
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	53.00	233
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	2	12.31	29
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	4	50.32	213
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	31.23	179
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	5	5.00	5
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	5.72	19
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	9.59	43
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	9	9.00	9
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	144.45	1835	1000	500
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	4.67	13
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	7.31	44
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	2.46	9
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	5.28	76
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.00	4
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	5.40	23
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	1.80	3
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	264.43	4091	2000	1000	3000
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	81.45	410
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	3	18.35	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	2.25	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	16.04	83
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	24.63	165
211	Moorhen, Lesser	Paragallinula angulata	1	2.63	9
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	5.04	25
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	3.50	17
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	19	19.00	19
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	10.20	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	Anas smithii	2	11.03	52
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	5	5.50	6
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	21.25	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	7.21	29
10007	Swan, Black	Cygnus atratus	1	2.50	4
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	4.48	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	5.62	41

Sunday 22 December 2024 05:06
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Korsman Bird Sanctuary (26112818)

Gauteng

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