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Mtunzini Prawn Hatchery (28573146)
KwaZulu-Natal
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	UNKNOWN
Conservation status	UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
1994-07-16
Brief_description
Ponds at the Mtunzini Prawn Hatchery. These hold a reasonable selection of waterbirds, including eight Palearctic migrant shorebird species, good counts of which were recorded in summer 1997 when Whitefaced Duck and Reed Cormorant also occurred. Threebanded Plover occurs in good numbers, with relatively high winter counts suggesting seasonal movement, while Woollynecked Stork is apparently more numerous than at most other CWAC sites in the region. Agricultural runoff poses a mild threat.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max
256		Calidris pugnax	1	13.41	35
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.71	3
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	2	2.00	2
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.00	1
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	5	5.00	5
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	8.48	35
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	2	8.80	50
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	2.00	3
214	Crane, Grey Crowned	Balearica regulorum	1	1.00	1
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	2.00	4
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	2	5.50	9
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	2	8.13	25
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	8.29	25
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	4.67	11
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	1.00	1
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	2.27	7
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	3	3.00	3
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.15	3
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	8	8.00	8
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	1.00	1
893	Gallinule, Purple	Porphyrio martinica	2	2.00	2
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	1	4.54	20
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	2.62	12
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	4.41	17
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	2.53	9
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	3	15.00	27
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.50	2
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.58	11
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.33	2
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	4.36	11
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.00	3
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	2	2.00	2
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	1.33	2
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	2.33	3
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	4.68	18
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	2.67	5
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.33	2
396	Kingfisher, Half-collared	Alcedo semitorquata	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.62	5
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	3.06	8
254	Knot, Red	Calidris canutus	1	1.00	1
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	4	4.00	4
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	6.74	25
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	5.50	15
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.25	2
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	1.00	1
41	Pelican, Pink-backed	Pelecanus rufescens	1	1.00	1
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	6.95	24
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	5.36	15
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	11.14	40
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	1	3.00	5
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	1.00	1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	4.65	26
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	10.43	83
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	3.50	13
257	Sandpiper, Terek	Xenus cinereus	1	1.00	1
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	9.54	34
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	2	2.00	2
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	2	5.33	12
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	3.67	7
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	13.76	54
79	Stork, Black	Ciconia nigra	2	2.00	2
77	Stork, Woolly-necked	Ciconia episcopus	1	5.11	32
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	2.33	4
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	5	5.00	5
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	2.00	3
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	6.80	16
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	11.91	24
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	2	2.00	2
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	1.00	1
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	10.03	29
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	21.22	149
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	2.00	8
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	4.89	16

Thursday 26 December 2024 04:09
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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