Game reserve · Limpopo
Abelana Game Reserve
Abelana Game Reserve is a game reserve in Limpopo, about 23 km west of Phalaborwa. It covers 150 km² — number 9 by size of the 15 Limpopo areas with a recorded size.
150km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
23 kmwest of Phalaborwa
Facts
- Type
- Game reserve
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Mopani District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Ba-Phalaborwa
- Size
- 150 km² · 15 000 ha
- Rank by size
- 42 of 115 nationally · 9 in Limpopo
- Coordinates
- -23.9364, 30.9194
- Nearest large town
- Phalaborwa, 23 km west
Sources: Wikidata Q126364889 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Grietjie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve18 km south-east
- Mahlathini Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve22 km east
Balule Nature ReserveProtected area25 km south- Selati Game ReserveGame reserve25 km west
- Letaba Ranch Provincial ParkNature reserve · 420 km²31 km north-east
York Private Nature ReserveNature reserve34 km south
GBIF records within 7 km
Wildlife recorded around Abelana Game Reserve
21 mammal and 926 bird occurrence records within 7 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas22
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis19
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola18
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus16
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens16
- Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger15
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos15
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus14
- HamerkopScopus umbretta14
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca13
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor12
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus12
- Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis11
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus11
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.