Zoo
Mohamed bin Zayed Nature Reserve
🇧🇭 Bahrain
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Bahrain 27 spp. present
Mohamed bin Zayed Nature Reserve (Arabic: محمية محمد بن زايد الطبيعية; transliterated: Mohamed bin Zayed NatureReserve) is a nature reserve and zoo, located in Sakhir, Bahrain. It is one of five protected areas of Bahrain and its the only designated protected area on land. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
26.016° N 50.496° E
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
27
speciesOpened
1976
Size
Large
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Getting there
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Mohamed bin Zayed Nature Reserve?
Bahrain
Mohamed bin Zayed Nature Reserve is a zoo or wildlife park in Bahrain. Its coordinates are 26.016° N, 50.496° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Gir National Park, about 2,141 km away.
What animals can you see at Mohamed bin Zayed Nature Reserve?
27 species
Citizen-science photos record 27 species at Mohamed bin Zayed Nature Reserve, including Common Ostrich, Greater Flamingo, Grey Crowned Crane, Pink-backed Pelican and Peregrine Falcon. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Mohamed bin Zayed Nature Reserve in the wild?
Common Ostrich: De Hoop Nature Reserve
Some of the animals photographed at Mohamed bin Zayed Nature Reserve also live in the parks and cities we cover: Common Ostrich (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in De Hoop Nature Reserve), Greater Flamingo (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Camargue) and Grey Crowned Crane (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Amboseli National Park).
When did Mohamed bin Zayed Nature Reserve open and how big is it?
Opened 1976, 259 ha
Mohamed bin Zayed Nature Reserve, a zoo or wildlife park in Bahrain, opened in 1976 and covers about 259 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 27 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)