Nature reserve · Gauteng
Crocodile River Reserve
Crocodile River Reserve is a nature reserve in Gauteng, about 29 km south-west of Pretoria. It covers 31,0 km² — number 3 by size of the 15 Gauteng areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 2019.
31,0km² recorded size
2019year established
—elevation of the point
29 kmsouth-west of Pretoria
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
- Local municipality
- City of Tshwane
- Size
- 31,0 km² · 3 100 ha
- Rank by size
- 63 of 115 nationally · 3 in Gauteng
- Established
- 2019
- Coordinates
- -25.8728, 27.9758
- Nearest large town
- Pretoria, 29 km south-west
Sources: Wikidata Q117254863 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Diepsloot NatuurreservaatNature reserve7 km south
Lion & Safari ParkGame reserve10 km west- The Cradle Nature ReserveNature reserve14 km south-west
Gondolin CaveProtected heritage site · 0 km²14 km west- HaasgatProtected heritage site · 0 km²14 km west
MotsetsiProtected heritage site · 0 km²15 km west
GBIF records within 4 km
Wildlife recorded around Crocodile River Reserve
41 mammal and 20 645 bird occurrence records within 4 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
Birds
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus786
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix335
- Pied CrowCorvus albus323
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor319
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis300
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus300
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava294
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris294
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash292
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris273
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus258
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata255
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis247
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca240
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.