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Protected area · KwaZulu-Natal
Mpushini Protected Environment
Mpushini Protected Environment is a protected area in KwaZulu-Natal (Mkhambathini municipality), about 13 km south-east of Pietermaritzburg. It covers 6,17 km² — number 25 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size.
6,2km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
13 kmsouth-east of Pietermaritzburg
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Local municipality
- Mkhambathini
- Size
- 6,17 km² · 617 ha
- Rank by size
- 79 of 115 nationally · 25 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Coordinates
- -29.6761, 30.4833
- Nearest large town
- Pietermaritzburg, 13 km south-east
Sources: Wikidata Q127425288 · WDPA 555563953 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Cumberland Nature ReserveNature reserve · 3 km²17 km north- Tala Game Reserve receptionNature reserve18 km south
- Tala Game Reserve entrance gateNature reserve18 km south
- Ferncliffe Nature ReserveNature reserve19 km north-west
- Honey Trails: HikingNature reserve20 km south-east
- Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve22 km north-west
GBIF records within 2 km
Wildlife recorded around Mpushini Protected Environment
0 mammal and 246 bird occurrence records within 2 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus67
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra16
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus13
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus7
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus6
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash6
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis5
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis5
- Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus5
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris5
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis4
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala4
- White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata4
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis4
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.