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Protected area · Western Cape
Matjiesrivier Nature Reserve
Matjiesrivier Nature Reserve is a protected area in Western Cape, about 122 km south of Calvinia. It covers 128 km² — number 10 by size of the 23 Western Cape areas with a recorded size.
128km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
122 kmsouth of Calvinia
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- West Coast
- Local municipality
- Cederberg
- Size
- 128 km² · 12 800 ha
- Rank by size
- 45 of 115 nationally · 10 in Western Cape
- Coordinates
- -32.5167, 19.3840
- Nearest large town
- Calvinia, 122 km south
- Wikipedia articles
- 3 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q3457351 · WDPA 300345 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area · 710 km²32 km north-west- CederbergProtected area · 710 km²35 km north-west
Tankwa Karoo National ParkNational park45 km north-east- BeaverlacNature reserve52 km south-west
Ramskop Nature ReserveNature reserve59 km north-west- Waterval PrivateNature reserve62 km south-west
GBIF records within 7 km
Wildlife recorded around Matjiesrivier Nature Reserve
134 mammal and 13 243 bird occurrence records within 7 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis29
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus24
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus19
- Cape Gray MongooseGalerella pulverulenta13
- Vaal RhebokPelea capreolus9
- Common GenetGenetta genetta8
- Cape GenetGenetta tigrina6
- WildcatFelis silvestris6
- LeopardPanthera pardus5
- Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus3
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis3
- Honey BadgerMellivora capensis2
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis2
Birds
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis639
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis416
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa406
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris402
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris400
- Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula364
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus349
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus337
- Karoo Scrub RobinErythropygia coryphoeus314
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis303
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus300
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola290
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis289
- Mountain WheatearOenanthe monticola281
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.