Blaauwwater Pan (26173016) | |
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Mpumalanga | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Barberton Bird Club |
| Management status | PRIVATE LAND |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA019 - CHRISSIE PANS |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1998-01-18 |
| Brief_description |
| A large (>300 ha), semi-permanent open water pan, with predominantly rocky shoreline (eastern shore more sandy), shallow water (has islands when water level low) and some submergent vegetation. One summer and two winter counts show small numbers of 18 species, mainly waterfowl and shorebirds, with 10 species recorded in summer and 14 in winter, the high winter mean being due largely to the presence of 55 individuals of four Palearctic shorebird species during one winter count. Kittlitz's Plover breeds. No significant threats have been identified. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 5 | 35.67 | 80 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 2 | 37.29 | 192 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 3.50 | 11 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 2.50 | 5 | |||
| 214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 9 | 9.00 | 9 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 91 | Duck, Knob-billed | Sarkidiornis melanotos | 2 | 4.50 | 7 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 2 | 20.00 | 38 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 2 | 15.44 | 49 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate [x] | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 4.88 | 18 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 58.33 | 169 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 12 | 53.00 | 94 | |||
| 10004 | Goose, Domestic | Anser anser domesticus | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 8.32 | 30 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 11.64 | 86 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 6.67 | 21 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 1.83 | 3 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.67 | 4 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.13 | 2 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 6.00 | 11 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 4.83 | 12 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 5.11 | 18 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 7.32 | 21 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 6.22 | 15 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.92 | 6 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 30.20 | 115 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 2 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 3.00 | 8 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 2.14 | 4 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 5.83 | 13 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 2.17 | 5 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 2 | 4.60 | 7 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 3 | 11.33 | 23 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 2.17 | 4 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 6.50 | 24 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 4 | 8.50 | 13 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 4.33 | 10 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 6.29 | 29 |
Thursday 10 September 2026 01:17
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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