Nature reserve · Limpopo
Matshakatini Nature Reserve
Matshakatini Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Limpopo, about 79 km north-east of Thohoyandou. It covers 276 km² — number 6 by size of the 15 Limpopo areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1992.
276km² recorded size
1992year established
—elevation of the point
79 kmnorth-east of Thohoyandou
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Vhembe District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Musina
- Size
- 276 km² · 27 600 ha
- Rank by size
- 32 of 115 nationally · 6 in Limpopo
- Established
- 1992
- Part of
- Madimbo Corridor
- Coordinates
- -22.3333, 30.8833
- Nearest large town
- Thohoyandou, 79 km north-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q136465213 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Lanner GorgeProtected area29 km south-east
MakulekeProtected area33 km east- Muthavatsindi Nature ReserveNature reserve49 km south-west
Nwanedi Provincial ParkNature reserve60 km south-west- Thohoyandou National Botanical GardenBotanical garden82 km south-west
Musina Nature ReserveNature reserve85 km west
GBIF records within 10 km
Wildlife recorded around Matshakatini Nature Reserve
3 mammal and 1 655 bird occurrence records within 10 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola30
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas29
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis29
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis27
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus26
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor24
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla24
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis24
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos24
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor21
- White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala21
- Southern Black TitParus niger20
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus19
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus18
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.