Umdoni Bird Sanctuary

Umdoni Bird Sanctuary is situated in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The sanctuary is often simply referred to as The Bird Park by locals or as Amanzimtoti Bird Sanctuary. The area is roughly 4 ha of land including a dam on a tributary of the Amanzimtoti River. There are picnic areas and forest trails.

A kilometer-long trail runs through the sanctuary. There are three hides on the trail from which visitors can watch some of the 150 species of birds that inhabit the sanctuary.[1] The sanctuary is home to large flocks of Spur-winged geese and White-faced ducks. The sanctuary was also home to the southern-most breeding pair of Palm-nut vultures in 2009. Narina trogons are also often sighted here and the endangered Spotted ground-thrush has been seen.

Blue duiker and endangered Cape clawless otters frequent the sanctuary.

  • Blue peafowls at Umdoni Bird Sanctuary.
  • Egyptian geese and spur-winged geese at Umdoni Bird Sanctuary.
  • Part of the gardens at Umdoni Bird Sanctuary.
  • Vervet monkeys in a tree.
  • White-faced whistling ducks resting on the lawn.
  • Part of the forest trail.
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Protogoniomorpha parhassus aethiops at Umdoni Bird Sanctuary.

  1. "Amanzimtoti Bird Sanctuary". eThekwini Municipality 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2013.


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