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Platfontein Pans (28392437)
Northern Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY
Authority	Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation
Management status	PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
Heritage information
View Cards	No

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Date_registered
1997-01-14
Brief_description
Six ephemeral pans, infrequently inundated; shoreline open, with mud and short vegetation. Summer and winter counts in 1997 produced an impressive 42 waterbird species, with large totals for some. Nationally significant numbers of Greater Flamingo, South African Shelduck, Southern Pochard and Blackwinged Stilt occurred in summer, and of the flamingo also in winter. In summer there were also good numbers of Blacknecked Grebe, Dabchick, Glossy Ibis, Redbilled Teal, Cape Shoveller and Redknobbed Coot (breeds), high counts of Palearctic shorebirds (particularly Marsh Sandpiper and Ruff), an exceptional 530 Avocet, and good numbers of Greyheaded Gull and Whitewinged Tern. The winter count produced large totals of Whitefaced and Yellowbilled Ducks, increased numbers of Redbilled Teal and Cape Shoveller, large counts of Kittlitz's and Blacksmith Plovers, 280 Curlew Sandpiper, and reasonable counts of Avocet and Blackwinged Stilt. Important threats are posed by overhead powerlines and by livestock grazing/trampling.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
256		Calidris pugnax	1	288.63	1531
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	3	132.00	530	250	125	190
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	35	957.00	2224
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	6.60	10
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	11	11.00	11
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	1.50	2
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	1.50	2
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	2	6.00	14
10014	Duck, Unidentified	N/A N/A	3	4.00	5
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	2	2.00	2
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	21	181.29	768
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	4	48.43	200
149	Eagle, African Fish	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.33	2
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.50	2
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	3	3.00	3
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	7.00	18
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	496	496.00	496
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	30	421.67	788		625	750
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	19.60	46
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	53.78	158
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	13.67	55
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	6	28.75	52
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	1.00	1
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	7	45.17	95
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	11.40	27
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	7	117.33	258
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	2	2.00	2
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	3.00	8
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.00	1
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	7.17	24
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	10.17	43
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	3	116.75	383
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	2	4.50	7
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	2	2.00	2
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	5	33.11	94
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	2	3.00	4
230	Painted-snipe, Greater	Rostratula benghalensis	5	5.00	5
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	5.00	9
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	1	1.00	1
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	4	44.29	134
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	2	8.33	23
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	4	97.71	280		250
282	Pratincole, Black-winged	Glareola nordmanni	1	1.00	1
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	6	164.80	372
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	50.29	208
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	4	11.50	19
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	12	63.11	237		210
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	6	79.78	189		175
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	6	6.00	6
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	8.20	20
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	16	271.78	874		500
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	7	140.57	350
79	Stork, Black	Ciconia nigra	1	1.00	1
80	Stork, White	Ciconia ciconia	226	226.00	226			1
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	1.00	1
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Spatula hottentota	5	17.00	29
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	32.78	69
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	19	224.63	793
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	20	20.00	20
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	4	16.67	25
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	2	219.60	524
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	14	35.33	51
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	7.43	20

Friday 26 April 2024 10:17
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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