Rooipoort Nature Reserve: Volstruispan (28402410) | |
|---|---|
Northern Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation |
| Management status | PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1996-01-22 |
| Brief_description |
| A large open pan on Rooipoort Nature Reserve. Some vegetation on pan floor, mainly grasses; shoreline open, providing good habitat for shorebirds. Infrequently inundated (possibly full only every 10 years). Two summer and two winter counts available, showing reasonable numbers of a relatively good variety of waterfowl and shorebirds. In summer, small to moderate numbers of Palearctic waders recorded, together with a few Avocet, and a good number of Blackwinged Stilt in summer 1997; in winter fewer stilt are recorded, and in 1997 there were reasonable counts of Kittlitz's and Blacksmith Plovers. A greater diversity of waterfowl has occurred in summer: 7 species, plus Redknobbed Coot; in winter 5 of those species were recorded (including 210 Egyptian Goose in 1997) and no coot. All other waterbirds occurred only in summer; 52 Glossy Ibis in 1997 are noteworthy. No threats have been identified. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 27 | 177.80 | 445 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 2 | 24.50 | 62 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 13 | 20.50 | 28 | |||
| 216 | Crane, Blue | Grus paradisea | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 91 | Duck, Knob-billed | Sarkidiornis melanotos | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 4.00 | 7 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 4 | 17.33 | 39 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate [x] | Ardea intermedia | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 8 | 36.00 | 75 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 94.89 | 281 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 2 | 17.00 | 34 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 18 | 18.00 | 18 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 11 | 65.25 | 211 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 2 | 9.67 | 20 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 42 | 47.00 | 52 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 12.00 | 22 | |||
| 230 | Painted-snipe, Greater | Rostratula benghalensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 240 | Plover, Caspian | Charadrius asiaticus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 50.43 | 250 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 2 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 3 | 36.00 | 69 | |||
| 282 | Pratincole, Black-winged | Glareola nordmanni | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 24 | 24.00 | 24 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 19.00 | 54 | |||
| 895 | Sandpiper, Pectoral | Calidris melanotos | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 5.50 | 11 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 5 | 43.83 | 155 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 3 | 8.80 | 24 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 6.00 | 13 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 19 | 80.33 | 208 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 20 | 171.25 | 500 | |||
| 75 | Stork, Saddle-billed | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 80 | Stork, White | Ciconia ciconia | 189 | 189.00 | 189 | 1 | ||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 31.67 | 89 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 6 | 27.20 | 54 | |||
| 10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 65 | 65.00 | 65 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 71 | 71.00 | 71 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 6 | 37.00 | 68 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 2 | 5.67 | 13 |
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