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Erfenis Dam (28342650)

Free State

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Free State Department of Tourism, Environmental and Economic Affairs
Management status PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PROTECTED
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Date_registered
1992-02-05
Brief_description
A large state dam with little fringing emergent vegetation; good shorebird habitat in some years, e.g. in summer 1994 large counts of Blacksmith Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint and Ruff recorded. Dabchick noted only in winter, in declining numbers; Cattle Egret occur only in summer, in increasing numbers. Cormorants, herons, egrets, ibises and African Spoonbill commoner in summer; flamingos and most waterfowl commoner in winter. High winter counts of Common Sandpiper and Little Stint in 1992. In winter, total number of species has remained fairly constant, and total count and total biomass curves closely follow those for the three commonest large waterfowl species, namely Egyptian Goose, Spurwinged Goose and Redknobbed Coot. Mild threats are posed by pollution, siltation, boating, hunting/poaching and domestic dogs.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.001   
256Calidris pugnax1232.121295  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta14.1310   
66Bittern, DwarfIxobrychus sturmii11.001   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata11761.063853 2500 
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis11.001   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus122.28194   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus14.8433   
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea88.008   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa118.0076   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa13.6711   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor33.003   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa22.002   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata295.43944   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata7240.961429 8501000
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.904
58Egret, GreatArdea alba14.0819   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia15.1114   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta16.4433   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis1401.582706   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus113.3563   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor118.0084   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca2741679.215762350017503200
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis3154.35994  710
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis22.002   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus110.5038 25 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis150.04167   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia12.719   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus332.63160   
899Gull, Lesser Black-backedLarus fuscus11.001
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax11.504   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.086   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath110.5224   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea112.5253   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea22.002   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus121.2879   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus18.5827   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash15.9425   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.252
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus28239.15773   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.001   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula13.009   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius122.82201   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris15.7824   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma169.13206   
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni1574.432350100501700
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos19.11134  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea183.25413  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis16.6711   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola11.675   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana2140.551344420210500
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii223.04129   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis1111.0011   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba137.26105 75 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus129.69184   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta1135.45936   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis16.8132   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis125.84103   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha1126.67930   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia130.632171356820
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida128.0986 7585
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus1116.75486   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A62254.38613
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp11.001
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis122.2696
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Thursday 28 March 2024 04:56
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