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Mbozambo Waste Water Lagoon (29173117)

KwaZulu-Natal

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
1993-07-17
Brief_description
Dam receiving treated sewage effluent, and industrial effluent treatment ponds; some fringing reedy vegetation; dam has open water, ponds completely covered with water hyacinth Eichhornia. Good selection of bird species recorded, but number of species apparently declining in summer and winter. Counts of Yellowbilled Duck and Egyptian Goose declining in both seasons, and of Whitebreasted Cormorant, Redknobbed Coot and Dabchick in winter. Hadeda and Sacred Ibis increasing in winter. Good numbers of White- backed Duck recorded in winter, when numbers of Spurwinged Goose, Cattle Egret and African Jacana also peak. Goliath Heron regular. Threats include encroachment of alien vegetation, agriculture, and domestic sewage and industrial waste pollution.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax166.87420  
72Scopus umbretta12.9110   
10015Anas hybrid11.252
1016Anas platyrhynchos11.001
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata16.3327   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis22.002   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus18.6130   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus124.48172  130
199Crake, AfricanCrecopsis egregia11.001-1
202Crake, Baillon'sZapornia pusilla11.001
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra17.6317
214Crane, Grey CrownedBalearica regulorum22.002   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa18.4623   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa11.332   
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor23.334   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos11.001   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedN/A N/A44.004
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus127.6772   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata127.93124   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata222.9080   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.834
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.503   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.503   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta19.3888   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis167.17279   
213Finfoot, AfricanPodica senegalensis2727.0027 
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus110.6722   
209Gallinule, Allen'sPorphyrio alleni11.001 
266Godwit, Bar-tailedLimosa lapponica11.001   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca319.5555   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis251.03195   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis18.8645   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia13.008   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.222
69Heron, Black-crowned NightNycticorax nycticorax15.3017   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala15.7323   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath14.0310   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea16.7722   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea13.2310   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides12.385   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.253   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus173.65261   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus14.508   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash118.1074   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus328.82102   
229Jacana, LesserMicroparra capensis11.001   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.673
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus12.566
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis13.2411
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus22.002   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus121.4153   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus19.3125   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.001
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis22.002   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus18.0015   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula22.804   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola1313.0013   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius15.6929   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris19.6026   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus155.00145 125 
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma12.117   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens12.095-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos19.9348  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea226.8373  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis14.1410   
895Sandpiper, PectoralCalidris melanotos11.001
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola117.3563   
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii15.1814   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis12.334   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba12.434   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus210.3319   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta949.25131   
77Stork, Woolly-neckedCiconia episcopus77.508   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis11.001   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis16.7125  
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota118.0079   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis28.5633   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha211.5034   
936Tern, BridledOnychoprion anaethetus11.001 
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.001   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo38.5014   
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons44.004   
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A11.001
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida820.5033   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus112.1061   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus19.3019   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres11.001   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A13.7511
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp15.9320
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis110.2132
689Wagtail, Western YellowMotacilla flava13.677
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