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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Tala Game Reserve reception
Tala Game Reserve reception is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 30 km south-east of Pietermaritzburg.
—km² recorded size
—year established
679 melevation of the point
30 kmsouth-east of Pietermaritzburg
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umgungundlovu
- Local municipality
- Mkhambathini
- Elevation
- 679 m
- Coordinates
- -29.8261, 30.5409
- Nearest large town
- Pietermaritzburg, 30 km south-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q32027106 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Tala Game Reserve entrance gateNature reserve2 km south-west
- Honey Trails: HikingNature reserve16 km north-east
- Mpushini Protected EnvironmentProtected area · 6 km²18 km north
- Phezulu Safari ParkNature reserve19 km north-east
Springside Nature ReserveProtected area23 km east
Iphithi Nature ReserveProtected area25 km east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Tala Game Reserve reception
180 mammal and 9 169 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa28
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga24
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus22
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus19
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus18
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii18
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros11
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius9
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus6
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus5
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus5
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx4
- Banded MongooseMungos mungo2
Birds
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus302
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild181
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus156
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra148
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca139
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus132
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis125
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris125
- White-browed Scrub RobinErythropygia leucophrys124
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala118
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor117
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina116
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata115
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo107
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.