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Marine protected area · Western Cape
Stilbaai Marine Protected Area
Stilbaai Marine Protected Area is a marine protected area in Western Cape, about 71 km west of Mossel Bay.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
71 kmwest of Mossel Bay
Facts
- Type
- Marine protected area (marine protected area of South Africa)
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Eden
- Local municipality
- Hessequa
- Coordinates
- -34.3833, 21.4167
- Nearest large town
- Mossel Bay, 71 km west
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q65077427 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Morris point / Uitkyk puntNature reserve1 km south-east
- Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve3 km north-east
- Wild Rescue Nature ReserveGame reserve18 km north-west
- Werner Frehse Nature ReserveNature reserve33 km north-west
- Bon Game ReservePrivate game reserve38 km north-east
- Indalu Game ReservePrivate game reserve42 km north-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Stilbaai Marine Protected Area
96 mammal and 6 971 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus20
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis17
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis8
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis7
- Cape GrysbokRaphicerus melanotis7
- Xeric Four-striped Grass RatRhabdomys pumilio6
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia6
- Cape Golden MoleChrysochloris asiatica3
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata3
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus2
- Scrub HareLepus saxatilis2
- Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australis2
- Southern African Vlei RatOtomys irroratus2
Birds
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis204
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus196
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis161
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata146
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata132
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis126
- Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii125
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus122
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus120
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis119
- Cape TealAnas capensis117
- Cape SpurfowlPternistis capensis115
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus112
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo109
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.
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