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Forest reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Sodwana Bay State Forest
Sodwana Bay State Forest is a forest reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 84 km north of St Lucia.
—km² recorded size
—year established
25 melevation of the point
84 kmnorth of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Forest reserve (state forest)
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Umkhanyakude
- Local municipality
- Umhlabuyalingana
- Elevation
- 25 m
- Part of
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Coordinates
- -27.6333, 32.5667
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 84 km north
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q32022393 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected area · 465 km²11 km south-east
- Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park · 12 km²14 km north-east
- Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area · 746 km²23 km north-east
- Phinda Resource ReserveGame reserve27 km south-west
uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserve · 333 km²31 km west- St. Lucia SystemProtected area · 1 555 km²33 km south
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Sodwana Bay State Forest
111 mammal and 947 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Common HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius17
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros17
- WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus14
- African BuffaloSyncerus caffer13
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga10
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus9
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus6
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus5
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus3
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus3
- Red Bush SquirrelParaxerus palliatus2
- Southern ReedbuckRedunca arundinum2
- Red DuikerCephalophus natalensis2
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii2
Birds
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus20
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata16
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus16
- Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani15
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus15
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus15
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba14
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus13
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus13
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp11
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis10
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer10
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis10
- Yellow WeaverPloceus subaureus10
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.