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nTshanetshe Pan (27403226)
KwaZulu-Natal
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife
Management status	PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status	PROTECTED
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Date_registered
1992-06-30
Brief_description
A floodplain pan with much emergent grass, some Nymphaea and discontinuous fringing strips of Cyperus. A good selection of wetland birds occurs; most species occur in small numbers, but a globally significant count of Whitebacked Duck was made in winter 1992 (the only record), and large numbers of Whitefaced Duck and Spurwinged Goose in the winters of 1992-1993 winters, when unusually good counts made of other species (Dabchick, Fulvous Duck and Pygmy Goose in 1992; White Pelican, Knobbilled Duck and Egyptian Goose in 1993); 29 Curlew in winter 1994. Most Squacco Herons occur in summer, when vegetation cover is better. Has good potential for Lesser Moorhen. It lies outside of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park and suffers from severe bank erosion, grazing and trampling by cattle, and disturbance from hunting, trapping and fishing.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.18	2
256		Calidris pugnax	1	3.50	10
51	Cormorant, Crowned	Microcarbo coronatus	1	1.00	1
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	6.44	36
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	5.00	9
203	Crake, Black	Zapornia flavirostra	2	2.33	3
267	Curlew, Eurasian	Numenius arquata	29	29.00	29
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	4.28	18
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	17.00	33
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	2	9.00	32
10014	Duck, Unidentified	N/A N/A	2	2.00	2
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	2	185.33	550	220	110	250
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	2	175.68	989
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	5.82	31
149	Eagle, African Fish	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.38	3
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	3.58	16
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	1.50	2
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	1.80	5
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	27.05	104
205	Flufftail, Red-chested	Sarothrura rufa	1	1.00	1
209	Gallinule, Allen's	Porphyrio alleni	1	1.00	1
43	Gannet, Australasian	Morus serrator	1	1.00	1
92	Goose, African Pygmy	Nettapus auritus	1	20.20	89
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	7.47	80
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	25.74	211
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	9.75	34
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	1.80	3
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	1.00	1
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.00	1
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	1.50	2
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	1.00	1
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	3.89	22
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.42	3
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	2.29	6
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.14	6
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	8.08	31
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	2	2.00	2
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	3.95	17
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	2	6.50	22
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	2.91	6
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	14.59	65
229	Jacana, Lesser	Microparra capensis	2	2.50	3
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.33	2
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.50	4
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	3.00	8
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	6.31	18
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	3.25	6
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
74	Openbill, African	Anastomus lamelligerus	1	2.33	5
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	30.57	90
41	Pelican, Pink-backed	Pelecanus rufescens	1	1.67	3
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	2.50	9
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	3.31	19
281	Pratincole, Collared	Glareola pratincola	1	11.67	30
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	1	1.00	1			-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	2	2.17	3
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	4.13	15
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	1.00	1
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	2	12.64	35
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	5.75	21
77	Stork, Woolly-necked	Ciconia episcopus	1	1.50	2
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	4.20	11
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	1.00	1
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	1.50	2
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	2	2.00	2
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	3	4.00	5
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	4.25	10
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	3.50	7
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	2.50	5
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	2.33	5
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	2.30	8

Saturday 20 April 2024 12:24
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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