Nature reserve · Limpopo
Letaba Ranch Provincial Park
Letaba Ranch Provincial Park is a nature reserve in Limpopo, about 30 km north of Phalaborwa. It covers 420 km² — number 5 by size of the 15 Limpopo areas with a recorded size.
420km² recorded size
—year established
395 melevation of the point
30 kmnorth of Phalaborwa
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve (state park)
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Mopani
- Local municipality
- Ba-Phalaborwa
- Size
- 420 km² · 42 000 ha
- Rank by size
- 23 of 115 nationally · 5 in Limpopo
- Elevation
- 395 m
- IUCN category
- IV — habitat or species management area
- Coordinates
- -23.6833, 31.0500
- Nearest large town
- Phalaborwa, 30 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 3 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q6533169 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Mahlathini Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve23 km south
- Abelana Game ReserveGame reserve · 150 km²31 km south-west
- Hans Merensky WildernessProtected area39 km west
- Hans Merensky NatuurreservaatNature reserve39 km west
- Grietjie Private Nature ReservePrivate game reserve43 km south
- Selati Game ReserveGame reserve52 km south-west
GBIF records within 12 km
Wildlife recorded around Letaba Ranch Provincial Park
97 mammal and 8 881 bird occurrence records within 12 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Namaqua MicaelamysMicaelamys namaquensis11
- Red Veld AethomysAethomys chrysophilus8
- Southern African Pouched MouseSaccostomus campestris6
- African elephantLoxodonta africana3
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros3
- Natal MastomysMastomys natalensis2
- White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum2
- LionPanthera leo2
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus2
Birds
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas141
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis122
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola112
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis105
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca105
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis100
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor98
- Sabota LarkCalendulauda sabota97
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis96
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus95
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens95
- Southern Gray-headed SparrowPasser diffusus92
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos90
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp89
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.