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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Kosi Bay
Kosi Bay is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 159 km north of St Lucia. It covers 110 km² — number 11 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1991.
110km² recorded size
1991year established
—elevation of the point
159 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Umhlabuyalingana
- Size
- 110 km² · 10 982 ha
- Rank by size
- 48 of 115 nationally · 11 in KwaZulu-Natal
- Established
- 1991
- Designations
- Ramsar site
- Part of
- Coastal Forest Reserve
- Coordinates
- -27.0000, 32.8333
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 159 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 7 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q3633055 · WDPA 68173 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Coastal Forest ReserveForest reserve · 26 km²6 km south
- Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area · 364 km²20 km south
- Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveNature reserve · 72 km²42 km south
- Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area · 746 km²55 km south
Ndumo Game ReserveGame reserve57 km west- Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park · 12 km²62 km south
GBIF records within 6 km
Wildlife recorded around Kosi Bay
619 mammal and 5 560 bird occurrence records within 6 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius31
- Red Bush SquirrelParaxerus palliatus14
- Blue MonkeyCercopithecus mitis10
- Banded MongooseMungos mungo4
- Spinner DolphinStenella longirostris4
- Red DuikerCephalophus natalensis3
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus3
- Bush DuikerSylvicapra grimmia2
- Brown Greater GalagoOtolemur crassicaudatus2
Birds
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis142
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer141
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea126
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus121
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash109
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis108
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus96
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea89
- African DarterAnhinga rufa87
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus85
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima84
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata82
- Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator77
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis73
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.