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Stan Madden Bird Sanctuary (26242828)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1992-01-26
Brief_description
Reed encroachment has and continues to reduce available bird habitat. Power boating and human disturbance also has a negative impact.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax266.69576  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta124.43200 125190
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.004   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata7356.881780   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus226.4180   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus214.6585   
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra15.3822
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa18.8128   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.502   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor118.0096   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa14.228   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A24.337
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus23.006   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata127.72154   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata125.52279   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
58Egret, GreatArdea alba77.007   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia13.009   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.3610   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis218.50143   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus40261.33480   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1218.501625  600
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa33.003
265Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosa11.001 
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca110.25113   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis116.88118   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis213.2551   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus113.6549 25 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis123.17152   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia14.6716   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus121.87129   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus22.002
166Harrier, Western MarshCircus aeruginosus11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca12.005   
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax13.717   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.6013   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.119   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.406   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea13.2512   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides14.4518   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus112.17101   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus113.38134   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash16.6046   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus11.001   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus22.002
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.442
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus79.5012   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus222.4895   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus111.56105   
360Owl, African GrassTyto capensis11.001
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis33.504
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula13.506   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius113.2063   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris17.9524   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma112.1193   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens17.2022-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos14.006  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea113.8265  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis112.1366   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola17.6240   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana99.009   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii19.1940   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis110.0065   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba12.174   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus116.1966   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta117.9153   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis12.003   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis15.3336  
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota214.8497   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis112.7845   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha137.73483   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida26.8012   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus1122.59600   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A6060.0060
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis111.0456
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Friday 29 March 2024 03:14
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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