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Malandeni Sewage Works (28342948)
KwaZulu-Natal
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	TOWN COUNCIL PROPERTY
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1993-01-23
Brief_description
One of the most important palustrine wetland sites in the interior of KwaZulu-Natal. Sewage works adjacent to Klip River: maturation ponds, and extensive reedbeds, sedgebeds and seasonally flooded grassland. Actively managed to maintain and improve bird habitats. Breeding colonies of Sacred Ibis, Reed and Whitebreasted Cormorants and Cattle Egret. The critically endangered Bittern occurs regularly; Little Bittern and Purple Heron resident. An important site for Rallidae: 12 species recorded, including Corncrake, African Crake, Striped Crake and significant population of Baillon's Crake (breeds); Lesser Gallinule and Lesser Moorhen occur regularly. Nationally significant numbers of Cape Shoveller recorded. Important threats include livestock grazing/trampling, and fishing, hunting/poaching.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	5.42	15
256		Calidris pugnax	1	138.50	333
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	3.00	6
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	3.65	10
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	11	83.15	577
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	3	230.92	1398
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	3	44.50	114
199	Crake, African	Crecopsis egregia	1	2.33	5			-1
202	Crake, Baillon's	Zapornia pusilla	1	2.33	12
203	Crake, Black	Zapornia flavirostra	1	6.26	24
200	Crake, Striped	Aenigmatolimnas marginalis	1	1.00	1
214	Crane, Grey Crowned	Balearica regulorum	2	2.00	2
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	12.13	43
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	2	4.88	10
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	1	7.86	31
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	2	2.00	2
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	4	4.00	4
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	8	101.31	574
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	20	97.23	469
149	Eagle, African Fish	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.87	3
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	2	11.91	42
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	1.75	3
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	6.86	23
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	83	717.35	2534
205	Flufftail, Red-chested	Sarothrura rufa	1	1.45	3
209	Gallinule, Allen's	Porphyrio alleni	1	1.86	4
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	10.73	25
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	3.31	11
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2	15.58	31
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	5.28	17
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.00	1
166	Harrier, Western Marsh	Circus aeruginosus	1	1.00	1
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	3.83	6
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	22.04	69
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	9.69	35
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.13	2
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	23.38	102
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	5.55	14
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	6.40	27
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	5	119.73	574
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	20.38	89
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	4	12.62	31
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	4.89	13
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	2.29	6
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	4.55	12
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	6.04	17
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	2	6.50	11
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	10	52.69	158
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	7	45.85	152
211	Moorhen, Lesser	Paragallinula angulata	1	1.67	2
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	1.70	3
230	Painted-snipe, Greater	Rostratula benghalensis	2	2.00	2
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	1.00	1
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	3	30.15	71
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	14.26	60
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	1	5.60	13			-1
261	Redshank, Common	Tringa totanus	1	1.00	1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	3.31	14
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	5.33	11
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	3.64	31
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	24.88	49
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	2.38	4
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	2	39.38	422	350	175	350
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	17.39	116
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	2	40.33	120		75
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	19.76	74
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	2	13.73	73
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	2.50	4
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	2	13.00	51		50
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Spatula hottentota	12	34.23	95
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	3.00	9
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	11	54.73	148
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	1.67	2
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	5.50	12
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	2	2.00	2
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	2	2.00	2
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	1.67	2
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	2	26.69	59
268	Whimbrel, Eurasian	Numenius phaeopus	1	1.00	1

Friday 19 April 2024 01:21
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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