Nature reserve · Gauteng
Colbyn Valley
Colbyn Valley is a nature reserve in Gauteng, about 3 km east of Pretoria.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
3 kmeast of Pretoria
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
- Local municipality
- City of Tshwane
- Coordinates
- -25.7389, 28.2542
- Nearest large town
- Pretoria, 3 km east
Sources: Wikidata Q108014247 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Austin Roberts Bird SanctuaryGame reserve4 km south-west- Kruin ParkNature reserve5 km south-west
Eugene Marais ParkNature reserve6 km south-west- Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve8 km south-west
Wonderboom Nature ReserveNature reserve9 km north-west
Moreleta Kloof Nature ReserveNature reserve9 km south-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Colbyn Valley
161 mammal and 24 522 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis77
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia13
- Southern African HedgehogAtelerix frontalis6
- SteenbokRaphicerus campestris6
- Southern African Mole-ratCryptomys hottentotus4
- Greater Cane RatThryonomys swinderianus4
- Slender MongooseGalerella sanguinea4
- Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit BatEpomophorus wahlbergi3
- Moholi BushbabyGalago moholi3
- Scrub HareLepus saxatilis3
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus3
- Natal Long-fingered BatMiniopterus natalensis3
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata2
- Yellow-bellied House BatScotophilus dinganii2
Birds
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus2 911
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus2 034
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix823
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea770
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor746
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis706
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra524
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash519
- Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi467
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus438
- Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii421
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus410
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus381
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis380
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.