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Game reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Pongola Game Reserve
Pongola Game Reserve is a game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal (uPhongolo municipality), about 114 km north-east of Vryheid.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
114 kmnorth-east of Vryheid
Facts
- Type
- Game reserve (protected area, game reserve)
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Zululand District Municipality
- Local municipality
- uPhongolo
- Coordinates
- -27.3433, 31.8400
- Nearest large town
- Vryheid, 114 km north-east
Sources: Wikidata Q107673311 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Golela BushNature reserve2 km east
- Somkhanda Game ReserveGame reserve28 km south
Zimanga Private Game ReserveGame reserve30 km south-east
uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserve · 333 km²53 km south-east
Manyoni Private Game ReserveGame reserve53 km south-east
Ithala Game ReserveNature reserve · 290 km²54 km west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Pongola Game Reserve
46 mammal and 808 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus9
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa5
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii4
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga3
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus3
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer2
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum2
- SteenbokRaphicerus campestris2
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia2
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis2
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus2
Birds
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus36
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer26
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens19
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus15
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis14
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos14
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus13
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas11
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer11
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus11
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor10
- Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris10
- Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani9
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris9
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.