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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.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	1.00	1
72		Scopus umbretta	1	3.17	10
256		Calidris pugnax	1	66.87	420
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	6.33	27
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	2	2.00	2
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	8.52	30
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	23.79	172		130
199	Crake, African	Crex egregia	1	1.00	1		-1
202	Crake, Baillon's	Zaporina pusilla	1	1.00	1
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	7.44	17
214	Crane, Grey Crowned	Balearica regulorum	1	1.50	2
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	8.22	23
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	1.25	2
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	2	3.33	4
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	1.00	1
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	4	4.00	4
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	1	27.67	72
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	27.07	124
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	2	22.41	80
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.50	3
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	1.50	3
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	9.38	88
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	64.52	279
213	Finfoot, African	Podica senegalensis	27	27.00	27
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.79	4
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	10.67	22
209	Gallinule, Allen's	Porphyrio alleni	1	1.00	1
266	Godwit, Bar-tailed	Limosa lapponica	1	1.00	1
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	3	19.07	55
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	49.42	195
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	8.86	45
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	3.00	8
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.22	2
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	5.61	23
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	3.93	10
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	6.65	22
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	3.30	10
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	2.38	5
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	1.33	3
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	71.30	261
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	4.50	8
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	17.69	74
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	3	28.48	102
229	Jacana, Lesser	Microparra capensis	1	1.00	1
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.67	3
396	Kingfisher, Half-collared	Alcedo semitorquata	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	2.79	7
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	3.11	11
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	2	2.00	2
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	20.89	53
10015	Mallard, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.25	2
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	9.20	25
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	5.30	17
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.00	1
230	Painted-snipe, Greater	Rostratula benghalensis	2	2.00	2
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	8.00	15
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	2	2.80	4
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	13	13.00	13
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	5.69	29
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	9.39	26
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	1	55.00	145	125
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	2.11	7
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	1	2.09	5		-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	9.33	48
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	2	26.83	73
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	4.14	10
895	Sandpiper, Pectoral	Calidris melanotos	1	1.00	1
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	16.67	63
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	1	4.83	14
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	2.33	4
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	2.43	4
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	2	10.33	19
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	6	44.44	131
77	Stork, Woolly-necked	Ciconia episcopus	7	7.50	8
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	1.00	1
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	6.45	25
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	17.47	79
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	8.56	33
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	11.50	34
936	Tern, Bridled	Onychoprion anaethetus	1	1.00	1
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	1.00	1
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	3	8.50	14
299	Tern, Little	Sternula albifrons	4	4.00	4
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	1.00	1
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	8	20.50	33
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	12.10	61
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	8.90	19
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	1	1.00	1
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	3.75	11
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	5.75	20
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	10.00	32
689	Wagtail, Western Yellow	Motacilla flava	1	3.67	7

Thursday 26 December 2024 04:17
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Mbozambo Waste Water Lagoon (29173117)

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