Leeuwpan (26352857) | |
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Mpumalanga | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1994-07-24 |
| Brief_description |
| A large dam with fringing reeds and sedges, and open shoreline. Herons and spoonbills nest in nearby eucalyptus trees and on islands. Numbers of most waterfowl species are higher in winter; this trend is enhanced by exceptional counts in winter 1995, especially of Blacknecked Grebe, Hadeda Ibis, Whitefaced Duck, Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese, Yellowbilled Duck and Red- billed Teal. Good numbers of Redknobbed Coot occur all year (nationally significant numbers in winter); Southern Pochard were numerous from winter 1995 to summer 1996; Greater Flamingos occurred from winter 1994 to winter 1995. Cormorant and Darter numbers peak in summer. 23 Great Crested Grebe in summer 1997; good summer counts of Glossy Ibis in 1995 and Cape Teal in 1995-96. Threats include disturbance from boating, water-skiing and angling. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 65.29 | 250 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 14.56 | 97 | |||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 4136 | Black-backed Gull, Lesser | Larus fuscus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 319 | 1245.27 | 3823 | 2500 | ||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 32.80 | 138 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 53.52 | 221 | 130 | ||
| 216 | Crane, Blue | Grus paradisea | 5 | 12.50 | 20 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 7.70 | 26 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 2 | 4.50 | 10 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 1 | 6.25 | 19 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 3 | 66.58 | 209 | 75 | ||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 2 | 17.67 | 50 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 2 | 9.00 | 16 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 2 | 59.22 | 327 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 2 | 44.13 | 310 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 2.00 | 5 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate [x] | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 2.29 | 8 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.63 | 4 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 62.09 | 221 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 2 | 96.86 | 323 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 119.19 | 519 | |||
| 10016 | Flamingo, Unidentified | Phoeniconaias sp. | 257 | 728.50 | 1200 | |||
| 266 | Godwit, Bar-tailed | Limosa lapponica | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser domesticus | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 195.56 | 1360 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 25.52 | 186 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 2 | 57.06 | 122 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 17.05 | 58 | 50 | 25 | |
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 47.14 | 242 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 2.14 | 4 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 55.55 | 325 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 8.53 | 70 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 2.79 | 9 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 4.93 | 21 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.74 | 5 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 1.60 | 3 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 6.76 | 28 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 18.64 | 71 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 9.00 | 69 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 3.70 | 10 | |||
| 247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 1 | 2.33 | 4 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 3 | 29.10 | 128 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 3.13 | 11 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 361 | Owl, Marsh | Asio capensis | 1 | 2.75 | 8 | |||
| 230 | Painted-snipe, Greater | Rostratula benghalensis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 236 | Plover, Chestnut-banded | Charadrius pallidus | 1 | 6.00 | 19 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 2 | 16.45 | 66 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 34.76 | 300 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 8.81 | 37 | |||
| 235 | Plover, White-fronted | Charadrius marginatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 1296 | Pochard, Common | Aythya ferina | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 40.91 | 136 | |||
| 282 | Pratincole, Black-winged | Glareola nordmanni | 1 | 24.00 | 68 | 50 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 4.00 | 12 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 18.29 | 154 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 4.83 | 22 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 2.43 | 11 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 7.82 | 18 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 13.93 | 60 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 2.75 | 6 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 4.44 | 16 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 24.85 | 107 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 71.56 | 500 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 2.40 | 5 | |||
| 10007 | Swan, Black | Cygnus atratus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 2 | 12.50 | 41 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 19.70 | 75 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 52.79 | 903 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 19.25 | 73 | 68 | 20 | |
| 10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 3 | 3.33 | 4 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 7.08 | 35 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 28.63 | 204 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 6 | 87.11 | 258 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 2 | 12.76 | 43 | |||
| 689 | Wagtail, Western Yellow | Motacilla flava | 1 | 2.00 | 3 |
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