Rusfontein Dam (29182637) | |
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Free State | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Free State Department of Tourism, Environmental and Economic Affairs |
| 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 |
| 1992-01-31 |
| Brief_description |
| A large state dam in the Rustfontein Nature Reserve. Numbers of cormorants, South African Shelduck, Redbilled Teal and Southern Pochard are higher in summer, while Dabchick, Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese, and Threebanded Plover are commoner in winter. The number of species observed has remained fairly constant in summer but has declined in winter, while total count and biomass figures show a decline in summer. The high total count and biomass for summer 1992 and 1993, and winter 1997, reflect large numbers of Redknobbed Coot (a nationally significant count in 1997); in summer 1993 there was also a high count of Whitebreasted Cormorant. Important threats are fishing (especially planned commercial netting) and boating; hunting/poaching is a mild threat. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 182.55 | 691 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | ||||
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 4.00 | 8 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 3 | 1001.00 | 3489 | 2500 | ||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 20.40 | 102 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 40.57 | 233 | 130 | ||
| 214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 26.41 | 99 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 2.25 | 5 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 5.79 | 32 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 5 | 102.60 | 385 | |||
| 149 | Eagle, African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.29 | 2 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 2.88 | 9 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 2.33 | 5 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 8.10 | 51 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 32.95 | 335 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 6.67 | 23 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 5.00 | 9 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 6 | 343.51 | 1773 | 1750 | ||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 30.21 | 176 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 11.53 | 65 | 50 | 25 | |
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 21.44 | 58 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 2.95 | 9 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 21.89 | 174 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 69 | Heron, Black-crowned Night | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.58 | 10 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 9.34 | 19 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 9.38 | 29 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 8.93 | 104 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 2 | 11.00 | 46 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 7.95 | 59 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.95 | 8 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 83.38 | 321 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 7.00 | 13 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 361 | Owl, Marsh | Asio capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 41 | Pelican, Pink-backed | Pelecanus rufescens | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 7.33 | 25 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 34.66 | 479 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 6.19 | 53 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 15.50 | 91 | |||
| 282 | Pratincole, Black-winged | Glareola nordmanni | 10 | 10.00 | 10 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 2.12 | 11 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 2 | 138.39 | 598 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 3.73 | 10 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.67 | 4 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 67.22 | 234 | 210 | ||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Spatula smithii | 1 | 17.00 | 142 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 2.33 | 6 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 10.44 | 39 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 14.03 | 78 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 219.74 | 973 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 1 | 3.64 | 10 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 10007 | Swan, Black | Cygnus atratus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Spatula hottentota | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 8.68 | 67 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 18.90 | 91 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 21.37 | 125 | 68 | 20 | |
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 15.29 | 70 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 252.36 | 2006 | 2000 | 1000 | |
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 34.82 | 302 |
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