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Panfontein (26432800)

Gauteng

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Sky Sand Mine owned by Everite
Management status
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2020-10-09
Brief_description
Pan is fed by a spring situated amongst a clump of Populier trees. Spring has never dried up, according to Manager Peet Herbts, Bad part is the Suikerbosch Treatment Plant of Rand Water dumps the overflow from their settling ponds into the system from time to time. The pan is situated in grassland with a fair amount of exotic trees around it and a fair amount of reeds in the pan.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
256Calidris pugnax100100.00100  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta114.5028   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1663.13230   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus16.2913   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus13.676   
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra33.003
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa17.7510   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A99.009
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata28.5028   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata223.4362   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.803   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis19.0017   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus1337.7588   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor937.5077   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca632.50145   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis45.008   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis11.001   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus33.504   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis59.6717   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia44.004   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus615.5025   
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca33.505   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.173   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.003   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.802   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea22.002   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides12.503   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus14.677   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus635.0064   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash39.2921   
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata22.002
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus34.506
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus11.001   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus1636.1368   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus27.0019   
361Owl, MarshAsio capensis11.001
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius213.0024   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris1414.0014   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma25.008   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.001  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis14.007   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana417.2547   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii418.5753   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis22.803   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.754   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus16.2511   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta66.006   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis35.256   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis13.005  
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota33.003   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis49.2516   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha410.0023   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.672   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida17.6715   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus16.6716   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis23.176
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Saturday 20 April 2024 07:32
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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