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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
St. Lucia Game Park
St. Lucia Game Park is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 42 km north of St Lucia. It covers 378 km² — number 6 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1916.
378km² recorded size
1916year established
—elevation of the point
42 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Big Five Hlabisa
- Size
- 378 km² · 37 753 ha
- Rank by size
- 25 of 115 nationally · 6 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 1916
- Part of
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Coordinates
- -28.0041, 32.4241
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 42 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q7594035 · WDPA 116275 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
False Bay ParkNature reserve · 12 km²7 km north-west
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area · 13 289 km²7 km east- St. Lucia SystemProtected area · 1 555 km²11 km north-east
- Cape Vidal State ForestForest reserve13 km south-east
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve · 40 km²13 km south-west- Nyalazi State ForestForest reserve17 km south
GBIF records within 11 km
Wildlife recorded around St. Lucia Game Park
361 mammal and 41 833 bird occurrence records within 11 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii57
- Red DuikerCephalophus natalensis51
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus29
- White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum18
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius16
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus13
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga12
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus9
- LeopardPanthera pardus9
- Brown Greater GalagoOtolemur crassicaudatus9
- Red Bush SquirrelParaxerus palliatus8
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum8
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis8
- African elephantLoxodonta africana7
Birds
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus727
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris641
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus635
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla547
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos509
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash500
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura460
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea447
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia437
- Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor433
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris433
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata427
- Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus410
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus404
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.