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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Impeleshu Forest Reserve
Impeleshu Forest Reserve is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 41 km west of Richards Bay. Proclaimed or established in 1954.
—km² recorded size
1954year established
—elevation of the point
41 kmwest of Richards Bay
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Local municipality
- uMlalazi
- Established
- 1954
- Coordinates
- -28.8636, 31.6231
- Nearest large town
- Richards Bay, 41 km west
Sources: Wikidata Q106869553 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Umlalazi Nature ReserveProtected area · 15 km²18 km south-east
- Amatikulu Nature ReserveNature reserve27 km south
- Enseleni Nature ReserveNature reserve41 km north-east
- Harold Johnson Nature ReserveProtected area43 km south-west
- Umfolozi Game ReserveNature reserve63 km north
- Corridor Game ReserveGame reserve77 km north-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Impeleshu Forest Reserve
31 mammal and 11 065 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor224
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus216
- Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii205
- Black-bellied StarlingNotopholia corrusca205
- Yellow-streaked GreenbulPhyllastrephus flavostriatus197
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea185
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus181
- Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis181
- White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotis174
- Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor174
- Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator174
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla168
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus162
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus151
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.