Game reserve · Gauteng
Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary
Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary is a game reserve in Gauteng, about 3 km south of Pretoria.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
3 kmsouth of Pretoria
Facts
- Type
- Game reserve (bird sanctuary)
- Province
- Gauteng
- Local municipality
- City of Tshwane
- Coordinates
- -25.7703, 28.2278
- Nearest large town
- Pretoria, 3 km south
- Wikipedia articles
- 3 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q15268543 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Eugene Marais ParkNature reserve1 km south-west- Kruin ParkNature reserve2 km west
- Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve3 km south-west
- Colbyn ValleyNature reserve4 km north-east
Moreleta Kloof Nature ReserveNature reserve8 km south-east
Wonderboom Nature ReserveNature reserve10 km north
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary
68 mammal and 27 875 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga13
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus8
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus5
- Moholi BushbabyGalago moholi4
- Southern African HedgehogAtelerix frontalis4
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis4
- Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit BatEpomophorus wahlbergi2
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata2
- European RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus2
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia2
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx2
Birds
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus1 245
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis1 242
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus1 209
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash1 122
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus899
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis833
- Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi832
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea751
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola644
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus623
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata574
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra538
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca524
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus507
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.