Nature reserve · Gauteng
Rietfontein Nature Reserve
Rietfontein Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Gauteng, about 19 km north of Johannesburg.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
19 kmnorth of Johannesburg
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
- Local municipality
- City of Johannesburg
- Coordinates
- -26.0304, 28.0410
- Nearest large town
- Johannesburg, 19 km north
Sources: Wikidata Q122964304 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Modderfontein ReserveNature reserve · 3 km²9 km south-east- Diepsloot NatuurreservaatNature reserve12 km north-west
- Montgomery VleiNature reserve15 km south
- The Wilds Nature ReserveNature reserve16 km south
Melville KoppiesNature reserve · 2 km²16 km south
Crocodile River ReserveNature reserve · 31 km²19 km north
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Rietfontein Nature Reserve
21 mammal and 98 205 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
Birds
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus2 383
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash2 217
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis2 082
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis2 050
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus2 003
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor1 964
- Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi1 963
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor1 857
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens1 750
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata1 748
- Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii1 747
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens1 689
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra1 629
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus1 556
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.