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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
uMngeni Plateau Nature Reserve
uMngeni Plateau Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal (Impendle municipality), about 55 km west of Pietermaritzburg.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
55 kmwest of Pietermaritzburg
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Local municipality
- Impendle
- Coordinates
- -29.5047, 29.8168
- Nearest large town
- Pietermaritzburg, 55 km west
Sources: Wikidata Q124285498 · WDPA 555570900 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- uMgeni Vlei Nature ReserveNature reserve · 10 km²2 km north-east
- Impendle Nature ReserveNature reserve16 km south-east
Kamberg Nature ReserveNature reserve19 km north-west- Loteni Nature ReserveNature reserve28 km west
- Lotheni Nature ReserveNature reserve · 40 km²29 km west
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkProtected area · 2 428 km²31 km west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around uMngeni Plateau Nature Reserve
2 mammal and 339 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Wattled CraneBugeranus carunculatus227
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum12
- Blue CraneAnthropoides paradiseus3
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra2
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata2
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala2
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2
- Pied CrowCorvus albus2
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis2
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus2
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus2
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus2
- Ant-eating ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora2
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.