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Hluhluwe Floodplain (28033217)
KwaZulu-Natal
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED
Authority	Private
Management status	UNKNOWN
Conservation status	UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
1994-07-30
Brief_description
The floodplain of the Hluhluwe River, entering False Bay. A meandering river, with muddy margins, wet grassland and some fringing reeds. Pinkbacked Pelican formerly bred, and still occurs; Pygmy Goose also occurs; reedbeds near the floodplain hold African Rail, Black Crake and Purple Gallinule. Only two counts are available (winter 1994 and summer 1995): good numbers of White Pelican, Ringed Plover and Redwinged Pratincole (which has bred here) were recorded in summer, and of Lesser Flamingo, Redwinged Pratincole and Caspian Tern in winter. Counts were discontinued in 1995 but should be reinstated. Threats include excessive grazing and trampling by cattle, which have eliminated open water areas and have severely affected the vegetation, resulting in a falloff in duck numbers, although shorebird habitat is probably still good.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	4.75	12
256		Calidris pugnax	40	40.00	40
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	3	16.33	34
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	3	15.25	20
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	25.50	50
203	Crake, Black	Zapornia flavirostra	2	7.25	14
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	3.00	5
10014	Duck, Unidentified	N/A N/A	200	200.00	200
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	30	30.00	30
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	300.50	600
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	2	320.75	1200	850	1000
149	Eagle, African Fish	Haliaeetus vocifer	2	4.75	11
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	6.00	12
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	1.00	1
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	6.75	11
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	7	48.67	100
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	250	275.00	300
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	34.67	100
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	3	6.50	10
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	9	21.33	37
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	2	2.00	2
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	2.50	4
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	1.50	2
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	4	12.50	21
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	3	9.00	20
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	4	10.00	18
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	2	5.33	10
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	2	3.67	6
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	2	6.67	12
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	3	3.00	3
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	10	12.50	15
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	2	2.00	2
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.50	2
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	3	7.50	15
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	7	16.67	36
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	2.50	3
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	1.00	1
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	12	73.00	120
41	Pelican, Pink-backed	Pelecanus rufescens	4	4.00	4
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	22	31.00	40
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	5	33.75	60
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	2	8.33	16
281	Pratincole, Collared	Glareola pratincola	5	149.25	500	500
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	13	26.50	40
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	120	160.00	200
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	12.50	40
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	2.00	3
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	5.33	8
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	36.25	80
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	100	126.50	153
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	8	8.67	9
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	4	12.00	20		20
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	16	16.00	16
299	Tern, Little	Sternula albifrons	1	1.00	1
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	3	3.00	3
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	6.00	11
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	7	75.25	226
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	2	2.00	2
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	6	6.00	6

Friday 19 April 2024 09:33
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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