BIRP Site summary | Bronkhorstspruitdam Nature Reserve

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Cards submitted:
32,389
Total number of records:
1,648,924
Latest card date:
2009-10-26
Last update posted:
20/10/2019

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Bronkhorstspruitdam Nature Reserve	Additional information (External links)
Location code: 25552842 Province: Gauteng Biome: Grassland

	Monthly breakdown of cards												Total
	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	Total
Cards per month	13	5	8	10	8	6	12	11	8	8	10	2	101
No of Species	132	109	124	124	102	101	103	120	121	120	149	99	195
No of Breeding Species	30	17	12	5	1	1	37	6	9	19	54	10	80

Breeding indicator key
	No breeding data		Possible or Probable breeding		Confirmed breeding

Species	Monthly reporting rate (RR %)												Total RR %	Cards at site	Cards with spp
Species	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	Total RR %	Cards at site	Cards with spp
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus	69	60	63	90	50	50	58	64	50	50	40	100	60	101	61
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	46	20	50	30	13	67	50	36	38	63	60	50	44	101	44
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	31	0	13	50	88	100	83	91	50	100	50	0	59	101	60
White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	92	100	88	80	75	67	67	91	75	88	90	100	83	101	84
Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus	92	100	75	100	75	100	92	91	88	100	100	100	92	101	93
African Darter Anhinga rufa	92	80	75	90	75	100	58	45	25	75	70	100	71	101	72
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea	85	60	75	90	63	67	83	45	38	63	90	100	71	101	72
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala	46	0	0	40	0	33	25	27	13	75	50	50	31	101	31
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath	69	60	63	90	50	67	25	9	0	13	40	0	43	101	43
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	38	20	38	40	38	50	8	9	0	0	10	0	22	101	22
Great Egret Egretta alba	54	60	63	80	63	50	42	45	50	88	90	100	62	101	63
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	100	100	88	80	50	83	33	27	25	88	100	100	69	101	70
Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	101	1
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	92	100	88	50	13	33	8	27	25	75	90	100	54	101	55
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	38	40	38	10	0	50	0	27	63	50	20	50	29	101	29
Green-backed Heron Butorides striata	0	0	0	10	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	101	3
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca	46	40	63	10	0	0	8	0	0	0	10	100	18	101	18
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	31	0	0	10	38	0	0	9	13	25	30	50	16	101	16
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	31	20	38	20	25	67	0	9	38	50	30	50	28	101	28
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta	54	80	63	70	13	17	8	0	0	38	40	0	33	101	33
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	0	20	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	101	2
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus	23	40	50	30	50	33	17	9	13	25	10	0	25	101	25
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	23	0	0	30	0	0	0	27	13	63	40	50	20	101	20
Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash	92	80	88	80	63	83	58	91	88	88	80	100	81	101	82
African Spoonbill Platalea alba	23	40	25	60	13	33	33	55	38	63	80	50	43	101	43
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber	23	60	13	30	25	17	58	27	25	13	10	50	28	101	28
Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	18	13	13	10	0	8	101	8
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis	15	20	63	40	25	33	17	55	38	38	50	50	36	101	36
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus	100	100	88	90	88	100	100	100	88	100	100	100	96	101	97
Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos	0	0	0	10	0	0	8	9	0	0	0	0	3	101	3
Cape Shoveler Anas smithii	15	0	25	60	38	67	75	64	38	13	30	0	40	101	40
African Black Duck Anas sparsa	31	40	0	50	50	83	33	55	50	50	50	100	45	101	45
Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata	100	100	88	100	75	100	75	100	75	100	100	100	92	101	93
Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha	69	60	50	50	50	50	50	73	63	63	60	50	58	101	59
Cape Teal Anas capensis	15	0	0	10	25	0	58	27	13	0	10	0	17	101	17
Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota	8	0	13	10	38	33	50	27	13	13	10	0	20	101	20
White-faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata	23	20	0	20	0	17	8	9	25	25	40	0	17	101	17
Fulvous Duck Dendrocygna bicolor	15	0	13	30	0	17	0	18	0	13	10	0	11	101	11
Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma	0	40	38	20	0	17	0	36	25	13	10	0	16	101	16
White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius	0	0	0	10	25	17	0	9	0	25	0	0	7	101	7
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	28	101	28
Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	101	1
Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus	8	20	0	10	13	17	0	0	0	0	40	50	10	101	10
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	0	40	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	100	8	101	8
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius	0	20	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	101	2
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus	77	80	75	80	75	33	83	91	63	63	70	100	74	101	75
African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer	31	0	63	40	25	67	33	45	38	50	40	50	40	101	40
Steppe Buzzard Buteo vulpinus	8	60	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	101	5
Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis	0	0	0	20	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	101	3
African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	101	1
African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	3	101	3
Orange River Francolin Scleroptila levaillantoides	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii	62	60	50	50	50	67	42	82	38	63	90	50	59	101	60
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris	31	60	13	50	25	0	8	64	63	63	80	100	43	101	43
African Rail Rallus caerulescens	8	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	4	101	4
Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris	0	20	13	20	38	50	25	45	38	50	30	0	28	101	28
African Purple Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis	0	0	13	10	0	67	33	9	25	38	10	0	17	101	17
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	46	40	25	30	75	83	83	100	50	50	60	50	59	101	60
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	92	100	88	100	88	100	100	100	75	100	100	100	95	101	96
Blue Korhaan Eupodotis caerulescens	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus	8	0	25	10	13	17	8	27	0	13	0	0	11	101	11
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	15	60	13	20	0	0	0	0	13	38	30	0	15	101	15
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius	62	100	50	80	88	100	100	100	63	100	70	100	82	101	83
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris	85	100	50	90	88	100	100	100	63	100	90	50	87	101	88
Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus	77	40	63	70	75	100	75	100	63	88	60	100	75	101	76
Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus	100	100	88	100	88	100	100	100	75	100	90	100	95	101	96
African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus	85	80	50	50	63	100	67	73	63	100	90	100	74	101	75
African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis	31	60	50	40	63	100	75	82	63	75	50	0	59	101	60
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	31	40	25	10	25	17	17	27	50	75	70	50	35	101	35
Little Stint Calidris minuta	77	100	50	50	13	0	0	55	50	100	100	100	54	101	55
Sanderling Calidris alba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	101	1
Ruff Philomachus pugnax	77	60	38	0	13	0	0	73	63	75	60	0	42	101	42
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	54	100	50	10	13	0	0	45	38	50	60	100	38	101	38
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis	38	20	25	0	0	0	25	0	50	13	60	100	24	101	24
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	31	60	25	0	0	0	0	27	50	50	60	0	26	101	26
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	46	60	63	0	0	0	8	82	63	75	80	50	44	101	44
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	15	20	50	40	25	17	58	27	13	13	20	0	28	101	28
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	54	40	25	10	25	17	67	45	38	63	40	0	40	101	40
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis	31	40	13	30	13	0	0	9	13	13	30	50	18	101	18
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	8	40	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	6	101	6
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus	100	100	88	100	88	100	100	100	75	100	100	100	96	101	97
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia	23	0	0	10	50	83	67	45	50	63	70	50	43	101	43
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus	54	80	38	30	13	33	0	27	13	38	40	50	32	101	32
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	77	100	75	20	25	33	25	18	25	88	40	50	46	101	46
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea	31	60	50	70	63	83	83	100	63	100	70	0	68	101	69
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata	69	80	75	90	75	100	67	100	63	75	70	100	78	101	79
Cape Turtle-Dove Streptopelia capicola	100	100	88	90	88	100	83	100	75	100	90	100	92	101	93
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis	92	100	88	100	88	100	100	100	88	100	100	50	95	101	96
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis	0	20	25	0	13	17	25	36	63	63	10	0	23	101	23
Diderick Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius	62	60	25	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	50	21	101	21
African Grass-Owl Tyto capensis	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
Marsh Owl Asio capensis	0	0	13	10	25	0	33	18	0	0	0	0	10	101	10
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
African Black Swift Apus barbatus	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer	46	40	13	10	13	17	0	0	0	50	60	100	24	101	24
Little Swift Apus affinis	31	60	0	10	13	50	25	18	25	25	40	0	25	101	25
African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus	8	0	0	0	0	17	0	18	0	38	0	0	7	101	7
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus	0	20	0	0	13	17	8	0	13	0	10	50	7	101	7
Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	101	1
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis	54	60	63	70	75	67	67	45	50	63	70	50	61	101	62
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maximus	15	0	13	30	25	17	0	9	25	63	20	0	19	101	19
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata	15	0	38	10	13	0	25	36	13	13	20	100	20	101	20
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster	38	40	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	50	18	101	18
White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	101	1
Green Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus	0	0	13	10	13	0	0	9	0	0	20	0	6	101	6
Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	13	0	10	50	4	101	4
Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii	8	0	25	10	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	5	101	5
Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis	8	20	13	0	13	33	8	0	25	25	10	50	13	101	13
Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	101	2
Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata	46	60	38	50	50	83	42	55	38	75	30	100	50	101	51
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea	62	100	63	80	75	50	75	91	75	75	60	50	72	101	73
Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	101	1
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	100	100	63	30	0	0	0	0	0	63	100	100	43	101	43
White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis	69	80	88	20	0	0	0	82	75	75	80	50	51	101	52
Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
Red-breasted Swallow Hirundo semirufa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	20	50	4	101	4
Greater Striped Swallow Hirundo cucullata	100	60	88	40	0	0	0	0	25	63	100	100	46	101	46
South African Cliff-Swallow Hirundo spilodera	38	20	13	10	0	0	0	45	38	38	30	50	23	101	23
Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	101	1
Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	101	2
Sand Martin Riparia riparia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	101	1
Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola	85	80	25	90	88	100	58	100	63	88	100	100	80	101	81
Banded Martin Riparia cincta	38	60	38	50	0	0	0	0	25	25	40	50	25	101	25
Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	101	1
Pied Crow Corvus albus	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	0	0	0	0	3	101	3
Cape Crow Corvus capensis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	101	1
Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor	23	0	50	40	38	50	25	55	25	13	20	50	32	101	32
Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsipsirupa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata	0	0	0	10	0	0	25	18	13	13	10	0	9	101	9
Anteating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora	0	0	13	10	0	17	8	9	0	13	10	50	8	101	8
African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus	92	100	88	100	75	100	92	100	88	100	90	100	93	101	94
Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra	8	0	13	50	13	17	25	36	50	38	50	100	30	101	30
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	0	20	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	101	3
Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus	23	20	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	101	5
Lesser Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris	100	100	88	80	75	100	50	91	75	88	100	100	85	101	86
African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus	46	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	38	80	50	20	101	20
Little Rush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala	62	0	0	10	0	0	0	9	13	25	30	50	17	101	17
Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	10	0	5	101	5
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis	100	80	75	10	13	17	0	0	13	13	90	100	39	101	39
Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus	0	20	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	3	101	3
Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix	100	80	38	0	0	0	0	0	13	38	100	100	36	101	36
Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	20	0	10	101	10
Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	101	1
Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens	100	100	88	60	88	100	92	100	88	100	90	100	91	101	92
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava	8	0	0	10	13	0	25	9	13	13	10	50	11	101	11
Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans	23	60	38	30	25	50	33	45	63	25	20	0	35	101	35
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	101	2
Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Chloropeta natalensis	23	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	50	6	101	6
Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	101	1
Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis	77	80	63	100	88	100	100	100	63	100	90	100	88	101	89
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava	46	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	9	101	9
African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus	100	100	88	60	88	100	92	100	75	100	100	100	91	101	92
Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	9	13	25	0	50	6	101	6
Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys	0	0	0	0	13	33	42	18	0	0	0	0	10	101	10
Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis	8	0	13	10	0	0	8	18	13	0	0	0	7	101	7
Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis	100	100	88	80	75	100	100	100	63	100	100	100	92	101	93
Common Fiscal Lanius collaris	100	100	88	100	88	100	92	100	88	100	100	100	96	101	97
Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus	15	60	0	10	25	33	8	0	25	25	20	0	17	101	17
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	54	40	75	40	38	83	17	18	13	50	70	100	45	101	45
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	101	2
Cape Glossy Starling Lamprotornis nitens	8	0	0	0	0	17	8	27	0	0	10	0	7	101	7
Pied Starling Spreo bicolor	0	0	0	0	38	17	17	18	50	25	50	100	21	101	21
Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina	0	0	0	0	13	0	8	0	0	0	10	0	3	101	3
House Sparrow Passer domesticus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	13	0	0	0	2	101	2
Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus	46	20	25	10	25	50	17	9	50	50	30	0	29	101	29
Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	10	0	2	101	2
Southern Masked-Weaver Ploceus velatus	100	100	75	70	88	100	83	100	88	100	90	100	90	101	91
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea	23	60	38	60	13	17	8	18	50	88	60	0	37	101	37
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix	100	100	75	90	88	83	75	100	75	100	90	100	89	101	90
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer	92	40	25	10	0	0	0	0	13	0	20	50	21	101	21
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	18	0	0	0	0	3	101	3
White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus	85	80	63	10	0	0	8	0	13	0	10	100	26	101	26
Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne	100	100	88	50	75	100	75	91	88	100	100	100	87	101	88
Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	101	1
Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava	54	80	38	70	75	83	33	73	63	63	40	50	58	101	59
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild	62	80	25	20	63	33	42	36	38	50	70	100	48	101	48
African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis	69	40	75	60	50	67	33	55	50	38	30	100	52	101	53
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura	77	60	88	20	0	0	0	0	0	25	40	50	29	101	29
Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambicus	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	101	1
Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis	38	40	50	70	50	100	25	36	38	38	40	100	47	101	47
Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	101	1
Rock Dove Columba livia	0	0	0	10	0	33	0	0	13	13	0	0	5	101	5
Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides	92	80	0	30	13	17	33	9	38	75	90	50	45	101	45
Cape White-eye Zosterops virens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	101	1
Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchelli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	101	1