Biosphere reserve · Gauteng
Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve
Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve in Gauteng (Rustenburg municipality), about 40 km south-east of Rustenburg.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
40 kmsouth-east of Rustenburg
Facts
- Type
- Biosphere reserve
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Mogale City
- Coordinates
- -25.8333, 27.6000
- Nearest large town
- Rustenburg, 40 km south-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q22771856 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Plumari Private ReservePrivate game reserve11 km south-west
Gladysvale CaveProtected heritage site · 0 km²17 km south-east- Vergenoeg Nature Reserve & Hiking TrailNature reserve18 km north-east
- Magaliesberg Nature AreaNature reserve21 km north-east
DrimolenProtected heritage site · 0 km²22 km south-east- SwartkransProtected heritage site22 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve
11 mammal and 1 317 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus27
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus25
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica25
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus21
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus21
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava21
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii21
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica21
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens21
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis20
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius20
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla19
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris19
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash19
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.