Tweelingspan: East (26213015) | |
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Mpumalanga | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
| IBA information | SA019 - CHRISSIE PANS |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1992-06-06 |
| Brief_description |
| A 35 ha open pan, with a sandy and rocky shoreline; variably lush shore vegetation of grasses and sedges. A count in January 1985 (D.G. Allan) yielded 41+ birds of 10 species. Threats include water abstraction, and the presence of alien fish. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 8 | 110.60 | 400 | 250 | 125 | 190 |
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 3 | 10.00 | 17 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 6.33 | 11 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 3 | 103.91 | 451 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 54.00 | 242 | |||
| 10016 | Flamingo, Unidentified | Phoeniconaias sp. | 300 | 300.00 | 300 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 8.30 | 34 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 2.33 | 4 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 4.33 | 11 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 4.10 | 8 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 6.56 | 25 | |||
| 236 | Plover, Chestnut-banded | Charadrius pallidus | 2 | 17.50 | 33 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 2 | 50.00 | 98 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 2 | 11.67 | 31 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 3 | 19.20 | 37 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 5.88 | 14 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 2 | 21.33 | 59 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 10 | 106.00 | 300 |
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