Hlatikulu Valley (29152941) | |
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KwaZulu-Natal | |
CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED IRREGULARLY |
Authority | Private |
Management status | UNKNOWN |
Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
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Information |
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Date_registered |
1993-01-16 |
Brief_description |
A degraded and fragmented vlei system, in highly modified highland sour grassland. Patchy Phragmites reed swamp and Typha marsh, and many sedge meadows with Carex, Cyperus, Schoenoplectus, Eleocharis, rushes (Juncus), grasses and forbs. In Hlatikulu Nature Reserve, wetland rehabilitation has been attempted by building three dams, and many "damlets" in existing drains/furrows. Notable as a breeding site and sanctuary for cranes. Three counts for 993-94, showing good summer numbers of cormorants and Darter, good winter numbers of Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese and Yellowbilled Duck, and good numbers of Dabchick and Redknobbed Coot throughout the year. A good selection of migratory shorebirds occurs in summer. Breeding of Bittern and Grass Owl is recorded. Threats include uncontrolled human access, cattle grazing, and bird snaring. |
Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
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256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 19.33 | 56 | ||||
72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 3.62 | 13 | ||||
71 | Bittern, Eurasian | Botaurus stellaris | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 3 | 257.88 | 1574 | |||
50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 4 | 29.12 | 253 | |||
47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 6.93 | 21 | |||
203 | Crake, Black | Zapornia flavirostra | 1 | 1.29 | 2 | |||
216 | Crane, Blue | Grus paradisea | 2 | 20.88 | 72 | |||
214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 2 | 29.67 | 107 | 80 | ||
215 | Crane, Wattled | Grus carunculata | 2 | 11.43 | 42 | 2 | ||
52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 10.86 | 67 | |||
95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 1.80 | 2 | |||
101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 63 | 63.00 | 63 | |||
10014 | Duck, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 2 | 5.75 | 14 | |||
104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 1 | 2.67 | 5 | |||
100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 25.25 | 95 | |||
96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 2 | 104.64 | 513 | |||
149 | Eagle, African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.30 | 2 | |||
58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 3.71 | 9 | |||
60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 6.00 | 55 | |||
59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 2.29 | 9 | |||
61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 29.13 | 115 | |||
205 | Flufftail, Red-chested | Sarothrura rufa | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
893 | Gallinule, Purple | Porphyrio martinica | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 3 | 117.54 | 446 | |||
88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 2 | 58.58 | 330 | |||
6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 67.35 | 256 | 250 | ||
263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 10.00 | 19 | |||
167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 2.95 | 20 | |||
169 | Harrier, Black | Circus maurus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
170 | Harrier, Montagu's | Circus pygargus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
166 | Harrier, Western Marsh | Circus aeruginosus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
69 | Heron, Black-crowned Night | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 2.67 | 4 | |||
55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 8.42 | 30 | |||
54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.64 | 6 | |||
57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.73 | 4 | |||
62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 11.84 | 67 | |||
83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 7 | 19.73 | 40 | |||
82 | Ibis, Southern Bald | Geronticus calvus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.60 | 4 | |||
394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.84 | 8 | |||
247 | Lapwing, African Wattled | Vanellus senegallus | 1 | 4.15 | 11 | |||
245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 3 | 19.54 | 75 | |||
509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 2.63 | 9 | |||
230 | Painted-snipe, Greater | Rostratula benghalensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.53 | 15 | |||
102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 8.40 | 18 | |||
197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.38 | 2 | -1 | ||
258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 4.67 | 19 | |||
251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 27 | 27.00 | 27 | |||
262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 5 | 12.00 | 22 | |||
264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 12.67 | 54 | |||
90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 15.60 | 51 | |||
94 | Shoveler, Cape | Spatula smithii | 2 | 8.13 | 32 | |||
250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 5.77 | 22 | |||
85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 2 | 6.20 | 15 | |||
270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 5.00 | 16 | |||
253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 2 | 107.50 | 213 | |||
208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 30.60 | 112 | 100 | 50 | |
99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Spatula hottentota | 2 | 4.33 | 10 | |||
98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 3 | 16.88 | 83 | |||
305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 3 | 14.00 | 29 | |||
10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 3 | 5.50 | 8 | |||
685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 8.40 | 27 | |||
686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 2 | 13.22 | 48 |