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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Saint Lucia Park
Saint Lucia Park is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 12 km north of St Lucia. It covers 156 km² — number 10 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1939.
156km² recorded size
1939year established
—elevation of the point
12 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve (park, nature reserve)
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Mtubatuba
- Size
- 156 km² · 15 558 ha
- Rank by size
- 39 of 115 nationally · 10 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 1939
- Part of
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Coordinates
- -28.2742, 32.4122
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 12 km north
Sources: Wikidata Q32014690 · WDPA 555579283 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Eastern Shores State ForestForest reserve12 km north-east
- Nyalazi State ForestForest reserve14 km north
- Maphelane Nature ReserveNature reserve · 11 km²19 km south
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve · 40 km²25 km north-west- Cape Vidal State ForestForest reserve26 km north-east
- St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve · 378 km²30 km north
GBIF records within 8 km
Wildlife recorded around Saint Lucia Park
3 012 mammal and 84 183 bird occurrence records within 8 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros344
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius261
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus246
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer208
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga207
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus195
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus163
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus156
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa148
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum140
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus113
- Red DuikerCephalophus natalensis103
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii92
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus46
Birds
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus1 791
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus1 360
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana1 330
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris1 257
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus1 230
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus1 200
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica1 093
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa1 092
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus1 063
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata1 042
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus1 031
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus948
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris943
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus931
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.