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Stewards Pan (26122817)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment
Management status STATE LAND
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1992-01-26
Brief_description
A 12 ha permanent open water pan with fringing tall, dense Typha beds which probably result from the constant water level (there is an artificial embankment at the west end of the pan), and nutrient enrichment from a sewage outlet. Greyheaded Gulls breed: 400 nests in June 1985 but only 300 birds were counted in 1992-1994; live gull chicks and injured adults were harvested by local children in 1985 (D.G. Allan). Counts show a winter peak of ibises, African Spoonbill, flamingos (none in summer) and some waterfowl; grebes, cormorants and herons are recorded only in summer. The June 1985 count recorded about 20 Purple Gallinule and 20 Moorhen. No threats have been identified.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256, RuffCalidris pugnax15.009  
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata135.93203   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus14.2517   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus12.606   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.004
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.2011   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa13.006   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor11.332   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa15.2815   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.33.003
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus11.001   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata17.1440   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata15.0718   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.001   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis111.1450   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus230.2090   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor148.00154   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca14.4721   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis14.2717   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus12.186   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis13.5413   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia55.005   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus1709.56385910005003000
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.886   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.444   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.502   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides12.254   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata23.004   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus1301.333522200010003000
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus17.1723   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash16.2717   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus55.005   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima12.003
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis88.008
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus13.8612   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus05.2125   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus17.3734   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax1111.0011   
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis77.007
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis14.6711
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula44.004   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris29.4018   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma25.4213   
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea11.001  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis11.001   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola16.6717   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii18.1120   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis11.332   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba111.2535   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus214.5027   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta23.675   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis14.7717  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota14.0812   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis24.006   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha12.855   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida22.002   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus44.004   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus24.006   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A1111.0011
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis15.2223
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Monday 09 December 2024 05:01
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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