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Game reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Somkhanda Game Reserve
Somkhanda Game Reserve is a game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal (uPhongolo municipality), about 104 km north-west of St Lucia.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
104 kmnorth-west of St Lucia
Facts
- Type
- Game reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- District
- Zululand District Municipality
- Local municipality
- uPhongolo
- Coordinates
- -27.5908, 31.8436
- Nearest large town
- St Lucia, 104 km north-west
Sources: Wikidata Q140419381 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Zimanga Private Game ReserveGame reserve16 km east- Golela BushNature reserve27 km north
Pongola Game ReserveGame reserve28 km north
Manyoni Private Game ReserveGame reserve32 km south-east
uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserve · 333 km²41 km east
Ithala Game ReserveNature reserve · 290 km²51 km west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Somkhanda Game Reserve
28 mammal and 754 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
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca17
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus15
- Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorhynchus15
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos15
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens13
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris13
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus12
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus12
- Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani11
- Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii11
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis11
- Purple-crested TuracoTauraco porphyreolophus10
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti10
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus10
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.