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Protected area · KwaZulu-Natal
St. Lucia System
St. Lucia System is a protected area in KwaZulu-Natal, about 52 km north of St Lucia. It covers 1 555 km² — number 3 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1986.
KwaZulu-NatalRamsar site
1 555km² recorded size
1986year established
—elevation of the point
52 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Big Five Hlabisa
- Size
- 1 555 km² · 155 500 ha
- Rank by size
- 9 of 115 nationally · 3 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 1986
- Designations
- Ramsar site
- Part of
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Coordinates
- -27.9167, 32.4833
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 52 km north
Sources: Wikidata Q97995565 · WDPA 68168 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area · 13 289 km²9 km south- St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve · 378 km²11 km south-west
False Bay ParkNature reserve · 12 km²14 km south-west- Cape Vidal State ForestForest reserve17 km south
- Phinda Resource ReserveGame reserve20 km north-west
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve · 40 km²24 km south-west
GBIF records within 23 km
Wildlife recorded around St. Lucia System
1 420 mammal and 161 636 bird occurrence records within 23 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii162
- Red DuikerCephalophus natalensis102
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga87
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa81
- White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum71
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus68
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus67
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus62
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus51
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius48
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer41
- African elephantLoxodonta africana36
- SuniNeotragus moschatus33
- LeopardPanthera pardus33
Birds
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus2 007
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos1 857
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash1 822
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris1 624
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus1 569
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata1 562
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris1 561
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla1 537
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana1 473
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica1 452
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca1 413
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura1 330
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus1 324
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris1 286
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.