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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
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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.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.70	4
256		Calidris pugnax	1	81.55	621
255		Calidris alba	1	5.00	9
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	41.07	171	125
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.00	1
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	19.40	204
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	17	80.43	143		130
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	1.69	4
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	19.67	131
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	242.40	1184
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	12.33	34
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	188.44	1542
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	2	2.67	3
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	2	16.13	165
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	1.60	2
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	9.51	48
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	13.56	58
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	4.55	12
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	15.80	36
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	9	12.00	16
893	Gallinule, Purple	Porphyrio martinica	1	1.50	2
92	Goose, African Pygmy	Nettapus auritus	2	17.50	33
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	62.50	339
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	28.12	168
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	3.77	12
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	4	4.00	4
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	3	3.00	3
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	1.50	2
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.40	3
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	2.94	5
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	5.82	40
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.44	4
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	1.58	5
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	2.15	9
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	2.95	24
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	32.83	352
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	8.76	30
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	11.50	31
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.30	3
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.57	3
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	10.63	40
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	1.50	2
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	17.49	124
246	Lapwing, White-crowned	Vanellus albiceps	2	2.00	2
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	3.14	7
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	1.00	1
74	Openbill, African	Anastomus lamelligerus	1	7.60	42
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.00	1
230	Painted-snipe, Greater	Rostratula benghalensis	1	1.00	1
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	51.14	167
41	Pelican, Pink-backed	Pelecanus rufescens	1	56.82	134
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	6.10	16
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	12.26	47
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	16.47	63
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	3	3.00	3
281	Pratincole, Collared	Glareola pratincola	1	1.00	1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	12.56	50
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	18	22.50	27
259	Sandpiper, Green	Tringa ochropus	1	1.00	1
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	13.89	102
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	13.63	38
306	Skimmer, African	Rynchops flavirostris	1	1.00	1
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	10.93	46
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	40.53	171
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	8	39.60	76
14836	Stork, Africa Woolly-necked	Ciconia microscelis	1	1.00	1
73	Stork, Marabou	Leptoptilos crumenifer	1	1.50	2
75	Stork, Saddle-billed	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis	1	10.38	112	75
77	Stork, Woolly-necked	Ciconia episcopus	1	2.13	5
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	33.00	233
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	1.44	3
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	6.00	15
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	4	8.00	12
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	2.33	7
293	Tern, Roseate	Sterna dougallii	1	1.00	1
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	2	7.50	15
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	23.00	44
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	7	7.00	7
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	2	10.76	33
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	3	68.40	310
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	6.68	16
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	13.29	66

Sunday 27 April 2025 07:58
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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