Knellpoort Dam: Upper Reaches (29452650) | |
|---|---|
Free State | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Free State Department of Tourism, Environmental and Economic Affairs |
| Management status | STATE IMPOUNDMENT |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 2003-01-29 |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 12.00 | 43 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 14 | 306.29 | 632 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 14.27 | 45 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 16.77 | 41 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 12.32 | 104 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 2 | 36.67 | 95 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 2 | 28.11 | 152 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 3 | 13.50 | 24 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate [x] | Ardea intermedia | 2 | 3.50 | 5 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 5.60 | 14 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 2 | 37.00 | 104 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.30 | 2 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 67.11 | 305 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 2 | 41.10 | 133 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 5.22 | 30 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.67 | 4 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 2.91 | 7 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.12 | 6 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 1.67 | 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 | 2.00 | 4 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 11.61 | 37 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 2 | 4.50 | 13 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 5.64 | 15 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 4 | 17.50 | 31 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 15.46 | 83 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 4 | 14.20 | 26 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 11.00 | 21 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 21 | 21.00 | 21 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 16.04 | 76 |
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