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Spitskop Dam (28042433)
Northern Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY
Authority	Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation
Management status	STATE IMPOUNDMENT
Conservation status	PARTLY PROTECTED
IBA information	SA028 - SPITSKOP DAM
Ramsar information
Heritage information
View Cards	No

Information
Date_registered
1996-01-25
Brief_description
Summer and winter counts for 1996-97 show that this IBA is important for waterbirds, usually holding higher numbers than any other Northern Cape site. A large dam on the Harts River; varied shoreline habitats, including grass, reeds and mud. Cormorants and Darter breed. Globally significant numbers of Great Crested Grebe, Dabchick and Darter in winter, of African Spoonbill and South African Shelduck in summer, and of Redknobbed Coot all year. Nationally significant numbers of Darter, Cape Shoveller and Whitewinged Tern in summer. High counts of cormorants and flamingos, especially in winter, and of Goliath Heron all year. Good summer counts of Cattle Egret, Squacco Heron, Yellowbilled Stork, ibises, Blackwinged Stilt and Greyheaded Gull. Numbers of Egyptian Goose peak in summer, of Spurwinged Goose, Yellowbilled Duck and Redbilled Teal in winter. Important threats include pesticide and fertiliser pollution, and fishing; mild threats are siltation, hunting/poaching and livestock grazing/trampling.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72	, Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	2	2.00	2
256	, Ruff	Calidris pugnax	1	213.38	1282
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	3	39.73	127		125
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	2.00	5
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	130	6138.38	17928	5000	2500	10000
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	48	471.95	1418
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	13	197.95	780			130
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	4.19	13
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	196.10	569	500	250
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	1.50	2
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	1.50	2
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	1	29.67	156
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	2	24.14	111		110
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	11.55	72
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	29	167.29	834
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	2	20.92	62
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	10.44	50
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	20.20	100
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	2	328.62	1000
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	2.33	5
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	3	190.35	816		625	750
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	2	888.93	5829			600
265	Godwit, Black-tailed	Limosa limosa	1	14.50	28
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	2	2.33	3
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	41	463.55	854
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	131.93	730			710
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	1	3.00	5
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	39.00	158	50	25	100
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	272.84	959	500	250
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	7.27	16
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	8	116.00	333
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	5	5.00	5
899	Gull, Lesser Black-backed	Larus fuscus	1	2.88	12
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.00	1
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	8	24.25	50
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	4.88	19
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	7	20.15	41
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	3	32.00	73
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	3.20	6
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	63.62	321		250
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	12.35	71
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	2	47.06	458
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	4.67	12
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	5.30	10
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.25	2
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	3.79	12
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	3	132.81	308
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	4	68.33	269
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	11.58	29
74	Openbill, African	Anastomus lamelligerus	8	8.00	8
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.00	1
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	1.00	1
41	Pelican, Pink-backed	Pelecanus rufescens	4	22.55	51
271	Phalarope, Red	Phalaropus fulicarius	1	1.00	1
240	Plover, Caspian	Charadrius asiaticus	1	5.75	14
236	Plover, Chestnut-banded	Charadrius pallidus	1	2.14	4
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	35.82	100
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	1	1.00	1
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	3	155.71	371
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	14.32	49
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	13.11	43
282	Pratincole, Black-winged	Glareola nordmanni	1	7.33	21
281	Pratincole, Collared	Glareola pratincola	1	1.00	1
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	2	2.00	2			-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.57	3
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	11	287.67	953
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	15.69	62
895	Sandpiper, Pectoral	Calidris melanotos	1	1.00	1
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	11.87	40
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	7	534.35	2926	420	210	500
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	17	153.26	292		175
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	12.13	29
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	81.05	257	150	75
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	5	59.10	148
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	342.22	1329
73	Stork, Marabou	Leptoptilos crumenifer	1	1.50	2
80	Stork, White	Ciconia ciconia	3	3.00	3			1
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	30.67	63
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	7.65	22
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	8.93	24
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	38.63	130
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	4	74.00	336
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	2	36.56	231	135	68	20
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	2	2.00	2
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	12	40.33	71
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	2	88.87	321	150	75	85
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	2	719.21	2498	2000	1000
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	5	128.14	500
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	57.45	237
689	Wagtail, Western Yellow	Motacilla flava	1	2.00	5
268	Whimbrel, Eurasian	Numenius phaeopus	2	2.00	2

Wednesday 30 October 2024 11:58
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Spitskop Dam (28042433)

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