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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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Information 

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 umbretta11.714   
256Calidris pugnax172.14621  
255Calidris alba15.009   
885Anas querquedula11.001
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta138.21171 125 
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus121.43204   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus178.11344  130
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra11.724
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa127.10134   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor1242.401184   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos19.5034   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata1197.461542   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata24.6716   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba115.57165   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.602   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta111.2093   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis139.53611   
14799Egret, Yellow-billedEgretta brachyrhyncha11.001   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer14.3822
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus119.7558   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor1158.331030  600
893Gallinule, PurplePorphyrio martinica12.675
92Goose, African Pygmy Nettapus auritus217.5033   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca261.29339   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis141.68534   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia16.1155   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus23.004   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus33.003
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca11.402   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.214   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath13.3830   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea16.8340   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea11.504   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides11.856   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata12.009   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus13.6524   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus127.46352   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash18.0930   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus110.6341   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.273
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.443
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis19.3040
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus11.672   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus219.09124   
246Lapwing, White-crownedVanellus albiceps212.0022   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus14.3017   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
74Openbill, AfricanAnastomus lamelligerus114.3564   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.332   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus156.53319  300
41Pelican, Pink-backedPelecanus rufescens164.46180   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula110.7162   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius117.26101   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris114.1163   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus346.67125 125 
281Pratincole, CollaredGlareola pratincola11.001   
261Redshank, CommonTringa totanus22.002
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos113.3966  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea1868.67161  
259Sandpiper, GreenTringa ochropus11.001
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis112.43102   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola114.6750   
306Skimmer, AfricanRynchops flavirostris11.001   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba116.64106 75 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus142.39201   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta332.7576   
14836Stork, Africa Woolly-neckedCiconia microscelis11.001   
73Stork, MarabouLeptoptilos crumenifer11.672   
75Stork, Saddle-billedEphippiorhynchus senegalensis16.57112 75 
77Stork, Woolly-neckedCiconia episcopus13.5613   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis169.55590500250 
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.403  
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota15.3315   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha48.0012   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia14.4614   
293Tern, RoseateSterna dougallii11.001   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A27.5015
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida125.8044   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus14.007   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus110.2133   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A362.55310
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp16.0816
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis114.1366
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Friday 27 June 2025 09:32
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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