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Rondebult Bird Sanctuary (26182812)
Gauteng
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment & Private
Management status	TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status	PROTECTED
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Date_registered
1993-01-16
Brief_description
Permanent marsh with open water dams, reedbeds and sedgebeds; water comes from the adjacent sewage treatment plant. A good variety of waterfowl is recorded, some species being commoner in summer and others in winter; none occurs in very large numbers. Greater Flamingo numbers fluctuate widely, and Lesser Flamingo is recorded only in winter. Good numbers of Blacksmith Plover occur in summer and reasonable numbers of Avocet and Blackwinged Stilt in summer and winter. Relatively large counts of Dabchick, Sacred Ibis, Cape Teal, Redknobbed Coot, Avocet, Blackwinged Stilt and Greyheaded Gull were recorded in winter 1997. The overall number of species appears to be declining. Important threats are reed encroachment and the irregular water supply to some dams; sedimentation is a mild threat.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	RAMSAR
256		Calidris pugnax	2	46.56	179
10015		Anas hybrid	1	1.00	1
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	8.79	34
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.50	2
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	35.26	209
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	2.97	17
199	Crake, African	Crecopsis egregia	1	1.00	1	-1
202	Crake, Baillon's	Zapornia pusilla	1	1.00	1
203	Crake, Black	Zapornia flavirostra	1	2.65	9
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	4.00	10
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos	52	52.00	52
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	9.67	17
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	3.35	10
10014	Duck, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	4.33	11
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	1	1.50	2
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	36.87	272
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	20.87	177
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.00	1
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	1.29	3
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	7.38	16
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	13.50	45
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	4	31.67	68
265	Godwit, Black-tailed	Limosa limosa	1	1.00	1
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser	1	22.24	68
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	8.14	38
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	10.91	90
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	4	4.00	4
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	1.33	2
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	6.41	76
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	13.05	128
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	1.33	3
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	1.81	5
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.93	10
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.00	1
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	2.36	10
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.29	2
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	1.67	4
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	1.50	2
10011	Heron, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	6.88	26
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	16.30	138
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	7.04	25
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.00	1
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	1.00	1
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	2.22	6
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	17.71	110
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	9.83	38
211	Moorhen, Lesser	Paragallinula angulata	2	2.00	2
360	Owl, African Grass	Tyto capensis	1	1.00	1
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	2.00	4
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	2.64	9
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	3.33	10
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	8	15.50	23
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	9	9.00	9
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	2.00	6
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	2.00	3
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	1	9.74	69
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	2.11	4
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	1.67	5
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	2	10.09	35
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	17.33	85
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	3.20	13
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Spatula hottentota	1	7.93	32
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	4.33	20
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	7.56	45
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	23.60	56
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	2.50	4
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	17	17.00	17
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	3.82	18

Tuesday 23 April 2024 02:10
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Rondebult Bird Sanctuary (26182812)

Gauteng

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