scholarly journals Geographical analysis of six rare bird species in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Hurford ◽  
A. T. Lombard ◽  
A. C. Kemp ◽  
G. A. Benn
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
National Park ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Population Sizes ◽  
Data Book

SummaryTwenty-eight predominantly tropical bird species have ranges that only just extend into the north-eastern part of South Africa, mainly within the Kruger National Park (KNP). These species are listed as “rare” (200 breeding pairs) in the South African Red Data Book (Brooke 1984). This study assesses the extent to which six of these rare bird species represent viable populations in the KNP. Grid squares in the KNP (2.5 × 2.5 miles) were visually assessed according to several bird habitat parameters. Bird records were also plotted on this grid system and habitat associations were identified for each species. This allowed for the measurement of total suitable habitat within the KNP for each species. Bird densities within known habitat were determined using spot-mapping and fixed-distance strip-transect techniques. Estimated population sizes for each species were obtained by extrapolating density estimates to total suitable habitat. Of the six study species, Arnot's Chat, Rudd's Apalis, Wattle-eyed Flycatcher and Tropical Boubou are likely to occur in sufficient numbers to constitute viable populations within the KNP, with estimated population sizes of 1,394, 4/758/ 2,070 and 10,450 birds respectively. The populations of White-crowned Plover and Long-tailed Starling are probably too small to be viable in the long term, with estimated population sizes of 305 and 382 birds respectively. The results presented here are testable and can be used as a baseline for future monitoring.

scholarly journals Notes on the Permian to Recent Geology of the Kruger National Park

Koedoe ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W. Bristow ◽  
F.J. Venter
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Eastern Margin ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Extreme North

Permian to Recent rocks form narrow, roughly north- south and east-south-east trending belts in the north-eastern Transvaal. The rocks consist of a thin succession of Karoo sediments, a thick overlying succession of mafic and felsic volcanics referred to as the Lebombo Group, isolated outcrops of Cretaceous sediments and fairly extensive Tertiary-Recent Gravels and sediments. These rocks are in general well exposed along the eastern margin of the Kruger National Park and also crop out in the extreme north. Emplacement of the Lebombo volcanics and subsequent deposition of the Cretaceous rocks was intimately associated with the fragmentation of Gondwanaland.

scholarly journals Occurrence of redwing Warbler Heliolais Erythroptera and some other observations from the Northern Kruger National Park

Koedoe ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Ie S Milstein ◽  
Davidine A Milstein
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
National Park ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
The South ◽  
Extended Range

Some ornithological observations made during a brief visit to the unique Punda Maria @ Pafuri area of the Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa, include confirmation of the Redwing Warbler Heliolais erythroptera as an addition to the South African list, Forest Weaver Symplectes (Ploceus) bicolor and Bully Canary Serinus sulphuratus previously unrecorded from the Park, confirmation of the occurrence of Lesser Barred Warbler Camaroptera stierlingi, Purple- banded Sunbird Nectarinia bifasciata and Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis, and records involving the extended range or seasonal occur- rence of other bird species.

scholarly journals Geographical analysis of vegetation structure and sightings for four large bird species in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-108
Author(s):  
A. C. Kemp ◽  
G. W. Benn ◽  
K. S. Begg
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Vegetation Structure ◽  
National Park ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Bird Populations ◽  
Nest Sites ◽  
Large Bird ◽  
Kori Bustard

SummaryThe extensive spatial organization of many large-bird populations is difficult to assess. We used a geographic information system to correlate vegetation structure with random sightings for four large bird species that occur throughout the 20,000 km2 Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa. Vegetation structure was assessed visually during 1991-1992 for the 1093 2-5′-quadrats that cover the KNP. Sightings were made during 1991-1994 of Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori, Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus, Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus and Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri, and their nest sites. As control, comparative data on ground hornbills were also available from annual aerial censuses during 1982-1994, and from records of nest sites during 1966-1996. Each species had its highest positive correlation with a different set of vegetation categories, ranging in value from the hornbill (1.13) and vulture (1.15) up to the eagle (1.32) and bustard (1.49). Nest sites had higher correlations (hornbill 1.65, vulture 2.85) than records of free-living birds. The same vegetation categories that had the highest correlations with random sightings of ground hornbills and their nests also had the highest correlations with the more extensive and systematic data from aerial census and long-term nest records. Our method of correlating vegetation structure with random data is predictive, testable and has application to the conservation management of other sparsely distributed species.

scholarly journals The distribution of Tomopterna krugerensis (Anura: Ranidae) in the Republic of South Africa

Koedoe ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. I. Passmore
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cryptic Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
The North ◽  
The Republic

A new and cryptic species of Tomopterna, T. krugerenis, has recently been described from the Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa, (Passmore and Carruthers 1975), where it appears to be confined to the Wambiya sandveld region in the north. The closely related and very similar T. delalandei cryptotis has not been recorded from this region.

scholarly journals Analysis of the vegetation of the sandstone ridges (Ib land type) of the north-eastern parts of the Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Koedoe ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Albie R. Gotze ◽  
Sarel S. Cilliers ◽  
Hugo Beduizenhout ◽  
Klaus Kellner
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
National Park ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Land Type ◽  
The North ◽  
Classification Technique ◽  
First Approximation ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Ultimate Objective

The establishment of the Mapungubwe National Park has been an objective of several conservationists for many years. The ultimate objective is that this park should become a major component of a Transfrontier National Park shared by Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The aim of this study was to identify, classify and describe the plant communities present in the Ib land type of the park. Sampling was done by means of the Braun-Blanquet method. A total of 48 stratified random relevés were sampled in the Ib land type. All relevé data were imported into a TURBOVEG database, after which the numerical classification technique TWINSPAN was used as a first approximation. Subsequently, Braun-Blanquet procedures were used to refine data and a phytosociological table was constructed, using the visual editor, MEGATAB. Two plant communities and several subcommunities and variants were identified and described from the phytosociological table.

scholarly journals Range Expansion of the Yellowbilled Oxpecker Buphagus africanus into the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Koedoe ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. Hall-Martin
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Range Expansion ◽  
National Park ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Circumstantial Evidence ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Final Confirmation

The Yellowbilled Oxpecker, long believed extinct as a breeding species in the Republic of South Africa has been recorded regularly in the Kruger National Park since 1979. The first definite indication of breeding was recorded in January 1984, and final confirmation of breeding was observed in December 1985. The recovery of the ungulate populations of the park, in particular buffalo, from overhunting and rinderpest during the long period of absolute protection stretching from 1902, has ensured a suitable habitat for the immigrant Yellowbilled Oxpeckers. Circumstantial evidence indicates that the birds have colonised in the park from the population of the Gonarezhou National Park in south-eastern Zimbabwe. The movement of the birds across the 50 km Sengwe area separating the two parks is explained by the cessation of cattle dipping and the movement of buffalo out of Gonarezhou from 1977 onwards. These events were a direct consequence of the hostilities in Zimbabwe at that time.

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