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Ndumo Game Reserve: Nyamithi Pan (26533218)

KwaZulu-Natal

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information SA052 - NDUMO GAME RESERVE
Ramsar information
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Date_registered
1993-01-17
Brief_description
In 2008, Ndumo Game Reserve has been in the spotlight due to the re-zoning of a section of land in the southeast of the reserve. A section of the protected area is being re-zoned for agricultural use, to be used by the surrounding subsistence communities. The Pongolo Floodplain system is highly diverse and supports various Red-data and CITES species. It falls within the Internationally recognised Maputaland-Pondoland Centre of endemism and is an International Biodiversity Hotspot. Only a small part of this unique floodplain system is under official protectection; the rest of the system are heavily impacted by subsistence farming. The re-zoning certainly does not bode well for the wetlands and associated waterbirds in the area; and indeed the reserve as a whole.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.704   
256Calidris pugnax181.55621  
255Calidris alba15.009   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta141.07171 125 
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus119.40204   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus1780.43143  130
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.694
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa119.67131   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor1242.401184   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos112.3334   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata1188.441542   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata22.673   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba216.13165   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.602   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta19.5148   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis113.5658   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer14.5512
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus115.8036   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor912.0016   
893Gallinule, PurplePorphyrio martinica11.502
92Goose, African Pygmy Nettapus auritus217.5033   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca262.50339   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis128.12168   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia13.7712   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus44.004   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus33.003
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.502   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.403   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath12.945   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea15.8240   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.444   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.585   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata12.159   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus12.9524   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus132.83352   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash18.7630   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus111.5031   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.303
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.573
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis110.6340
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus11.502   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus217.49124   
246Lapwing, White-crownedVanellus albiceps22.002   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus13.147   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
74Openbill, AfricanAnastomus lamelligerus17.6042   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.001   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus151.14167   
41Pelican, Pink-backedPelecanus rufescens156.82134   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula16.1016   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius112.2647   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris116.4763   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus33.003   
281Pratincole, CollaredGlareola pratincola11.001   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos112.5650  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1822.5027  
259Sandpiper, GreenTringa ochropus11.001
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis113.89102   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola113.6338   
306Skimmer, AfricanRynchops flavirostris11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba110.9346   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus140.53171   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta839.6076   
14836Stork, Africa Woolly-neckedCiconia microscelis11.001   
73Stork, MarabouLeptoptilos crumenifer11.502   
75Stork, Saddle-billedEphippiorhynchus senegalensis110.38112 75 
77Stork, Woolly-neckedCiconia episcopus12.135   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis133.00233   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.443  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota16.0015   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha48.0012   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia12.337   
293Tern, RoseateSterna dougallii11.001   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A27.5015
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida123.0044   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus77.007   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus210.7633   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A368.40310
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp16.6816
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis113.2966
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Sunday 27 April 2025 07:58
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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