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Sakrivierspoort Wetlands (31502208)
Northern Cape
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Private
Management status	UNKNOWN
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1995-02-04
Brief_description
Two dams and a seasonal wetland on the Sakrivier. Counts from summer 1995 to summer 1997 have yielded small to moderate numbers of a good selection of waterbirds, including good totals of South African Shelduck. Shorebird numbers are highest in summer, as are numbers of Reed Cormorant, ibises, Moorhen and several duck species; Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese are commoner in winter. Numbers of Sacred Ibis and Blacksmith Plover have increased in summer, and Cape Wagtail counts have increased in both seasons. Threats are agriculture along drying margins, livestock trampling/grazing, and dam construction.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	Subregional IBA
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.33	2
256		Calidris pugnax	1	16.00	32
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	8	25.25	61
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	2.64	7
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	13	56.65	251
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	14.22	27
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	2	3.57	6
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	2.00	4
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	2	2.56	5
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	2	4.60	10
10014	Duck, Unidentified	N/A N/A	56	56.00	56
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	2	2.00	2
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	6	29.04	67
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	3.73	7
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	2	16.55	34
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	49.50	153
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	43	231.57	622
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	2	7.57	17
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	2	11.71	42
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	2.80	6
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	2	11.13	29
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	3.83	9
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.00	1
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	2	2.00	2
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	4.05	13
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	2	4.86	9
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	20.68	37
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	2	2.00	2
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	2	8.35	21
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	2.00	5
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	3.11	12
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	17	41.17	73
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	2	10.41	18
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.00	1
230	Painted-snipe, Greater	Rostratula benghalensis	2	2.50	3
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	23.05	72
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	11	29.96	69
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	7	7.50	8
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.75	4
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	8.00	21
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	2.45	7
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	1.67	2
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	13	105.26	247	210
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	2	9.81	24
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	2	3.57	7
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	6.90	19
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	16.67	34
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	16	44.00	124
79	Stork, Black	Ciconia nigra	1	1.00	1
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	2	2.00	2
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	6.88	17
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	22.27	64
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	3	3.00	3
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	6	6.00	6
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	1	1.00	1
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	25	76.75	130
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	43	92.78	162

Wednesday 24 April 2024 04:28
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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