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Forest reserve · Western Cape
Platbos Forest Reserve
Platbos Forest Reserve is a forest reserve in Western Cape, about 26 km south-east of Hermanus.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
26 kmsouth-east of Hermanus
Facts
- Type
- Forest reserve
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Overberg District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Overstrand
- Coordinates
- -34.5653, 19.4561
- Nearest large town
- Hermanus, 26 km south-east
Sources: Wikidata Q129167881 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Walker Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve12 km north-west- Panthera Africa Big Cat SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary14 km north-east
- Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area17 km north-west
Phillipskop Mountain ReserveNature reserve · 2 km²19 km north- Vogelgat Private Nature ReserveNature reserve22 km north-west
- Salmonsdam Nature ReserveNature reserve23 km north-east
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Platbos Forest Reserve
71 mammal and 8 670 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
Birds
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens248
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica247
- Cape BatisBatis capensis237
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus235
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis205
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus195
- African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta195
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis186
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola186
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra186
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash183
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus181
- Cape CanarySerinus canicollis165
- Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens157
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.