Lake Mfutululu (28253215) | |
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KwaZulu-Natal | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1995-01-27 |
| Brief_description |
| A freshwater pan on the Mfolozi floodplain; water inflow is from a stream and by periodic backflooding from the Mfolozi River. Much emergent vegetation (Scirpus, Echinochloa, some papyrus) and variably extensive Nymphaea cover. An exceptionally high count in summer 1995, when the habitat was presumably excellent, included 1000 White Pelicans (presumably a temporary influx of non-feeding birds) and the largest recorded numbers of Great White Heron, Black Stork (the only record), Yellowbilled Stork, Glossy Ibis, African Spoonbill, Whitefaced and Fulvous Ducks, and Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese. 200 Pygmy Goose occurred in winter 1995. Critical threats are posed by siltation and altered hydrology, less severe threats by chemical pollution and water abstraction. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 166 | 166.00 | 166 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 5.18 | 12 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zapornia flavirostra | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 2 | 120.67 | 350 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 2 | 23.60 | 100 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 2 | 17.47 | 71 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 10 | 99.43 | 424 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 2 | 9.25 | 21 | |||
| 149 | Eagle, African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.38 | 2 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 4.43 | 23 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.80 | 3 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 2 | 14.67 | 31 | |||
| 92 | Goose, African Pygmy | Nettapus auritus | 1 | 35.40 | 200 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 15.88 | 78 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 30.53 | 207 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 2.63 | 5 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.75 | 2 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 4.50 | 8 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 2.43 | 7 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 29 | 29.00 | 29 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 2.75 | 5 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 7.16 | 28 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.75 | 4 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 10.64 | 52 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1000 | 1000.00 | 1000 | 900 | 300 | |
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Spatula smithii | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 2 | 9.67 | 20 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 7.00 | 12 | |||
| 79 | Stork, Black | Ciconia nigra | 11 | 11.00 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 75 | Stork, Saddle-billed | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 77 | Stork, Woolly-necked | Ciconia episcopus | 2 | 3.75 | 6 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 46 | 46.00 | 46 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 299 | Tern, Little | Sternula albifrons | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 40 | 40.00 | 40 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 13 | 13.00 | 13 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 3 | 3.50 | 4 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 1.00 | 1 |
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