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Nature reserve · Western Cape
Brenton Blue Butterfly Special Nature Reserve
Brenton Blue Butterfly Special Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Western Cape (Knysna municipality), about 4 km south of Knysna. It covers 0,01 km² — number 23 by size of the 23 Western Cape areas with a recorded size.
0,0km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
4 kmsouth of Knysna
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- Local municipality
- Knysna
- Size
- 0,01 km² · 1 ha
- Rank by size
- 110 of 115 nationally · 23 in Western Cape
- IUCN category
- IV — habitat or species management area
- Managed or owned by
- CapeNature
- Coordinates
- -34.0724, 23.0316
- Nearest large town
- Knysna, 4 km south
Sources: Wikidata Q121287711 · WDPA 555563455 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve2 km east
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area3 km north
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve3 km east
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve · 0 km²5 km north- Goukamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area12 km west
- Goukamma Nature ReserveNature reserve13 km west
GBIF records within 2 km
Wildlife recorded around Brenton Blue Butterfly Special Nature Reserve
122 mammal and 2 440 bird occurrence records within 2 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus79
- Bush-pigPotamochoerus larvatus8
- European RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus7
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio7
- Southern African Vlei RatOtomys irroratus3
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus2
- Least Dwarf ShrewSuncus infinitesimus2
- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus2
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta2
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis2
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis2
Birds
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis103
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis95
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis90
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini67
- Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer67
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus65
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra63
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens58
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris55
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis55
- Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens54
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus53
- Knysna TuracoTauraco corythaix51
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus48
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.