Nature reserve · Limpopo
Morning Sun Nature Reserve
Morning Sun Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Limpopo (Makhado municipality), about 58 km west of Thohoyandou. It covers 40,0 km² — number 13 by size of the 15 Limpopo areas with a recorded size.
40,0km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
58 kmwest of Thohoyandou
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Vhembe District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Makhado
- Size
- 40,0 km² · 4 000 ha
- Rank by size
- 59 of 115 nationally · 13 in Limpopo
- Coordinates
- -22.9417, 29.9167
- Nearest large town
- Thohoyandou, 58 km west
Sources: Wikidata Q108203982 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- MANAVHELA NATURE RESERVENature reserve24 km south
- Ratombo Nature ReserveNature reserve31 km east
- EWT Medike ReserveNature reserve31 km west
- Medike Mountain SanctuaryNature reserve32 km west
- Manombe Nature ReserveNature reserve38 km south-east
- Thohoyandou National Botanical GardenBotanical garden56 km east
GBIF records within 4 km
Wildlife recorded around Morning Sun Nature Reserve
15 mammal and 214 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
- White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala12
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus10
- Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris10
- Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani8
- Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii7
- Bearded Scrub RobinErythropygia quadrivirgata6
- Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula6
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens6
- Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotis5
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris5
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris4
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris4
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica4
- Streaky-headed SeedeaterCrithagra gularis4
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.