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Prozesky Bird Sanctuary (26452706)
North West
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED
Authority	Private
Management status	UNKNOWN
Conservation status	UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
1992-07-29
Brief_description
This site has open water, fringing and emergent vegetation, and shoreline habitat for waders. The good summer 1993 total of 3038 birds included 2363 Cattle Egrets and the maximum counts for Glossy Ibis and Ruff. The summer 1995 count of 1730 birds included 1131 Cattle Egrets. Fulvous Duck were numerous in summer 1994, when maximum counts of Little Stint and Blackwinged Stilt were recorded. Sacred Ibis and Whitefaced Duck are more numerous in winter, while moderate numbers of Redbilled Teal and Southern Pochard occur in summer. The reedbeds contain Purple Heron, Little Bittern, African Rail, Black Crake and Purple Gallinule. Threats are eutrophication, pollution by domestic sewage and pesticides, and overhead powerlines.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	2.67	5
256		Calidris pugnax	11	130.50	250
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	1.00	1
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.00	1
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	18	36.67	65
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	14.33	59
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	4.67	11
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	3.83	6
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	51.67	136
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	3	22.57	68
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	11	16.67	24
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.00	1
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	2	3.00	4
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	627.67	2363
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	2	2.00	2
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	3	5.25	11
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	6	6.00	6
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	3	5.80	12
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	22	22.00	22
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	2	2.00	2
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.00	1
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	5.25	12
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.50	4
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	1.00	1
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.00	1
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	6.00	16
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	6	32.60	109
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	58.25	203
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	2	2.00	2
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	2	2.00	2
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	2.00	3
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	2	2.00	2
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	3.00	8
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	14	19.50	29
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	2	2.00	2
74	Openbill, African	Anastomus lamelligerus	10	10.00	10
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.00	1
41	Pelican, Pink-backed	Pelecanus rufescens	5	5.00	5
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	2.33	4
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	3	20.50	51
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	2	2.50	3	-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.00	1
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	5	5.00	5
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	3	7.50	12
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	1.00	1
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	7	10.60	15
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	1.33	2
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	2.50	4
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	4	17.20	59
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	164.33	432
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	2	2.00	2
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	7.67	14
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	2	7.33	22
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	2.00	2
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	12.00	33
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	1.00	1
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	3.50	6

Sunday 22 December 2024 04:03
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Prozesky Bird Sanctuary (26452706)

North West

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