Nature reserve · Gauteng
Bishop Bird Park
Bishop Bird Park is a nature reserve in Gauteng, about 17 km south-west of Pretoria. It covers 0,19 km² — number 8 by size of the 15 Gauteng areas with a recorded size.
0,2km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
17 kmsouth-west of Pretoria
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
- Local municipality
- City of Tshwane
- Size
- 0,19 km² · 19 ha
- Rank by size
- 98 of 115 nationally · 8 in Gauteng
- Coordinates
- -25.8774, 28.1425
- Nearest large town
- Pretoria, 17 km south-west
Sources: Wikidata Q141223307 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve11 km north-east
Eugene Marais ParkNature reserve13 km north-east- Kruin ParkNature reserve14 km north-east
Austin Roberts Bird SanctuaryGame reserve15 km north-east
Rietvlei Nature ReserveProtected area · 38 km²15 km east
Moreleta Kloof Nature ReserveNature reserve16 km north-east
GBIF records within 2 km
Wildlife recorded around Bishop Bird Park
4 mammal and 71 800 bird occurrence records within 2 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
Birds
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus1 785
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis1 778
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash1 628
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus1 607
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola1 519
- Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii1 458
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra1 410
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis1 310
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis1 264
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata1 264
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus1 246
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris1 184
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor1 174
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus1 167
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.