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Apart
from her enormous natural beauty, India's wildlife
is her most magnificent natural heritage. It has a
virtually unmatched diversity of Flora Fauna. India
has over 400 parks and sanctuaries which are
declared as protected areas. Of these very few are
visited by the tourists due to lack of basic infrastructure,
location and climatic conditions. Many parks and sanctuaries
are of outstanding natural beauty, with a fairly
healthy population of wild animals and rare species
of birds, mammals. Wildlife watching in India is more
of an adventure than fun. At times, the sightseeing
of endangered animals may take days, while for very
lucky ones, one visit to the Park can be a chance
of a life time to view the rare and the elusive tiger
and other endangered species. Unlike wild life sanctuaries
in other countries where wild life can be viewed easily,
Game viewing in India can be an exciting or a disappointing
experience.
Under
Project Tiger and with the support of International
Organisations, the population growth of Tiger reached
has seen a positive growth in the past decade. But
poaching still continues although the government is
taking steps to prevent it. The other endangered species
which are seen at these parks are - leopard, chital,
sambar, nilgai, wild bull, wild boar, chinkara, 12
horned antelope, wild elephants, wild dog, barking
deer, jackal, wild cat, Asiatic Lions (Sasangir
only), dhol, black faced langur, rhesus monkey,
gharial, crorodiles and the great one horned Indian
rhino (only in Kaziranga and Manas).
Besides
these there are rare species of migratory as well
as local birds found in most of the parks. The famous
among them are pelicans, cranes, multicolored macaques,
eagles, king fisher, the great Indian Bustard,
osprey, peacocks, jungle fowls, heron, wild ducks,
mynah, hornbill, humming birds, fly catcher. These
birds nest here during winter months when they come
from upper colder regions to breed and spend the winters
in India.
A
visit ot these parks will give you a deep insight
into our wild life heritage. Some of our most pouplar
wild life parks are:
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STATE
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NAME
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SEASON
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WILDLIFE
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Assam
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Kaziranga
National Park
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Oct
- Mar
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Great
Indian one-horned rhino, wild buffalo, elephant,
gaur, leopard cat, wild boar, civet, otter,
swamp deer, sambar, tiger, python, pelican,
partridge, florican
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Manas
National Park & Tiger Reserve
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Nov
- Mar |
Elephant,
tiger, panther, gaur, wild buffalo, rhino, golden
langur, civet cat, otter, swamp, deer, hog deer,
sambar, pigmy hog, wild boar, great pied hornbill,
florican
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| Gujarat |
Gir
National Park & Sanctuary |
Oct
- Jun
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Asiatic
lion, panther, striped hyena, sambar, nilgai,
chital, chousingha, chinkara, wild boar, crocodile
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Himachal
Pradesh
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The
Great Himalayan National Park
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Apr
- Jun
Sep - Oct
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Snow
leopard, mountain goat, Yak, Cranes, Brown and
Black bears
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Jammu
& Kashmir
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Dachigam
National Park
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Aug
- Dec
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Leopard,
black bear, brown bear, serow, musk beer, hangul
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Karnataka
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Bandipur
National Park
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All
Year
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Elephant,
tiger, gaur, sambar, chital, barking deer, wild
dog, wild boar, jackal, sloth bear, panther,
chousingha, malabar, squirrel, green pigeon,
jungle fowl etc. |
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Nagarhole
National Park |
All
Year
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Elephant,
tiger, panther, chital, sambar, sloth bear,
jungle fowl, partridge etc.
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Kerala
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Periyar
National Park
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Sep
- May
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Elephant,
tiger, panther, wild dog, gaur, sloth bear,
nilgai, barking deer
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Madhya
Pradesh
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Bandhavgarh
National Park
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Nov
- Jun
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Tiger,
panther, gaur, chital, sambar, nilgai, chinkara,
barking deer, bear, wild boar, and a variety
of upland birds
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Kanha
National Park
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Nov
- Jun
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Tiger,
panther, gaur, barasingha, chital, sambar, blackbuck,
chousingha, barking deer, mouse deer, nilgai,
wild dog, boar
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Rajasthan
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Desert
Sanctuary
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All
Year
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Great
Indian Bustard, blackbuck, Chinkara
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Keoladeo
Ghana National Park
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All
Year
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Siberian
crane, cormorant, stork, spoon bill, quail,
coot, heron, teal, tern, sambar, chital, blackbuck,
wild boar, civet etc.
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Ranthambore
National Park
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Oct
- Jun
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Tiger,
panther, hyena, jungle cat, civet, sambar, chital,
nilgai, bear, wild boar, partridge, green pigeon,
red spurfowl etc.,
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Sariska
National Park
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Nov
- Jun
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Tiger,
panther, hyena, jungle cat, civet, sambar, nilgai,
chowsingha, partridge, green pigeon, red spurfowl
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Tamil
Nadu
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Mudumalai
Sanctuary
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All
year
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Elephant,
gaur, chital, sambar, tiger, panther, sloth,
bear, wild dog, etc., |
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Uttar
Pradesh
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Corbett
National Park
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Nov
- Jun
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Elephant,
tiger, pather, sloth bear, nilgai, sambar, chital,
wild boar, porcupine, peafowl, red jungle fowl,
partridge crocodiles, goral and chousingha
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Dudhwa
National Park
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Nov
- Jun
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Tiger,
panther, sloth bear, sambar, swamp deer, chital,
hog deer, barking deer, nilgai, peafowl, junglefowl,
partridge, elephant
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