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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
False Bay Park
False Bay Park is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 45 km north of St Lucia. It covers 11,9 km² — number 21 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1944.
11,9km² recorded size
1944year established
53 melevation of the point
45 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Big Five Hlabisa
- Size
- 11,9 km² · 1 192 ha
- Rank by size
- 74 of 115 nationally · 21 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 1944
- Elevation
- 53 m
- Part of
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Coordinates
- -27.9758, 32.3622
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 45 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 4 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q5432627 · WDPA 555563700 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve · 378 km²7 km south-east
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve · 40 km²11 km south-west- St. Lucia SystemProtected area · 1 555 km²14 km north-east
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area · 13 289 km²14 km east- Ubizane Wildlife ReserveNature reserve14 km west
- Nyalazi State ForestForest reserve19 km south
GBIF records within 2 km
Wildlife recorded around False Bay Park
107 mammal and 10 359 bird occurrence records within 2 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii30
- Red DuikerCephalophus natalensis28
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga8
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus7
- Red Bush SquirrelParaxerus palliatus6
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus6
- SuniNeotragus moschatus4
- Four-toed Elephant ShrewPetrodromus tetradactylus2
- Bush-pigPotamochoerus larvatus2
- LionPanthera leo2
- Brown Greater GalagoOtolemur crassicaudatus2
Birds
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris232
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus205
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus195
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla176
- Purple-crested TuracoTauraco porphyreolophus171
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos161
- Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus158
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea145
- Neergaard's SunbirdCinnyris neergaardi143
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus134
- Mouse-colored SunbirdCyanomitra veroxii134
- Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor130
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus127
- Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani126
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.