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Protected area · KwaZulu-Natal
Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
Umtamvuna Nature Reserve is a protected area in KwaZulu-Natal, about 41 km south-west of Port Shepstone. Proclaimed or established in 1971.
—km² recorded size
1971year established
—elevation of the point
41 kmsouth-west of Port Shepstone
Facts
- Type
- Protected area
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Local municipality
- Ray Nkonyeni
- Established
- 1971
- Coordinates
- -31.0100, 30.1600
- Nearest large town
- Port Shepstone, 41 km south-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 2 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q7881814 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Mzamba Fossil bedsProtected heritage site11 km south
- Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area15 km east
- Mbumbazi Nature ReserveNature reserve25 km north-east
- River Valley Nature ReserveGame reserve27 km north-east
- Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve30 km north-east
Oribi GorgeProtected area34 km north
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
7 mammal and 929 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
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash23
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio22
- Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator18
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina18
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus17
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis17
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus16
- Knysna TuracoTauraco corythaix15
- White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis15
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus15
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata15
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens15
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus13
- Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor13
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.