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Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Area A (26212830)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status LOCAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information SA021 - BLESBOKSPRUIT
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1993-01-17
Brief_description
An IBA and part of the Blesbokspruit Ramsar site. Has extensive Phragmites and Typha reedbeds, also sedgebeds, wet grass, and open water with floating-leaved vegetation. Good numbers of Glossy Ibis, Yellowbilled Duck and Redknobbed Coot occur all year; Squacco Heron may be quite common in summer. Hottentot Teal and Spurwinged Goose numbers peak in winter. A good selection of rails occurs, and Spotted Crake is also recorded. Purple Heron, Little Bittern, Grass Owl and Marsh Owl also occur. Increases are apparent in the number of species (summer and winter) and total count (summer). Blesbokspruit is severely threatened by discharge of mine water which drastically increases total water volume, maintains artificially high water levels in the dry season, and contains many pollutants, including salt. The CWAC site known as "Marievale Area A" is the original area that has been counted from 1992 and consists of sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta11.001   
1016, MallardAnas platyrhynchos11.001
256, RuffCalidris pugnax177.67955  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta115.5552   
71Bittern, EurasianBotaurus stellaris11.001   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus13.278   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata53509.791366   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus237.05112   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus19.5539   
199Crake, AfricanCrex egregia11.001-1
202Crake, Baillon'sZaporina pusilla22.002
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra212.3448
201Crake, SpottedPorzana porzana11.001
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa16.1021   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa16.6450   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor126.30299   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos13.009   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa12.674   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.17.0022
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus12.606   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata111.4770   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata17139.89564   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba13.2926   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia13.0613   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta16.1244   
982Egret, SlatyEgretta vinaceigula11.402   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis149.57245   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer12.336
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus125.80109   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1288.911252  600
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa11.533
265Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosa11.502 
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca231.76152   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis1195.422465 1875710
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis11.001   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus17.5817   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis126.84113   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia12.718   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus135.56144   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.905
166Harrier, Western MarshCircus aeruginosus11.502
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca18.2119   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala16.4324   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath14.3219   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea13.0810   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea14.0612   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides117.0076   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.422   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus19.2166   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus153.27424   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash18.8066   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus12.429   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.502
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus13.308
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis14.1414
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus16.3731   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus338.90284   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus1384.44312   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax13.4816   
360Owl, African Grass Tyto capensis11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis12.596
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis24.006   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula14.2311   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius19.4752   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris111.86129   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma19.7348   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens17.2925-1
926Sandpiper, Buff-breastedCalidris subruficollis11.001
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.754  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea13.9112  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis15.0722   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola14.5321   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana115.31104   
1342Shelduck, CommonTadorna tadorna11.001
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii124.8288   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis118.34128   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba16.1039   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus113.7653   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta123.78148   
79Stork, BlackCiconia nigra11.001   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis12.757   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis117.7758 50
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus22.002
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota140.27181   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis16.1923   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha273.68426   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia12.003   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida129.711851507585
938Tern, White-cheekedSterna repressa33.003 
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus136.03517   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A17.6724
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis110.6782
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava17.6720
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