BHADRA TIGER RESERVE
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area and a tiger reserve as part of Project Tiger, located Chikkamagalur town in Karnataka state, India. Bhadra sanctuary has a wide range of flora and fauna and is a popular place for day outings.
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area and a tiger reserve as part of Project Tiger, located Chikkamagalur town in Karnataka state, India. Bhadra sanctuary has a wide range of flora and fauna and is a popular place for day outings.
FAUNA FOUND IN BHADRA FOREST
MAMMALS
An estimated 33 tigers are found in Bhadra. Other mammals in the sanctuary include elephant, gaur, sloth bear, wild boar, black leopard, jungle cat, jackal, wild dog, sambar, spotted deer, barking deer, mouse deer, common langur, bonnet macaque, slender loris, small Indian civet, common palm civet, pangolin, porcupine, flying squirrel and the Malabar giant squirrel.
REPTILES
Some of the reptiles commonly sighted in this park are common vine snake, king cobra, common cobra, Russell's viper, bamboo pit viper, rat snake, olive keelback, common wolf snake, common Indian monitor, gliding lizards, marsh crocodiles and few frogs.
BIRDS
Bhadra sanctuary has more than 300 species of birds, some endemic to this region and some migratory.[4] Some of the species are grey junglefowl, red spurfowl, painted bush quail, emerald dove, southern green imperial pigeon, great black woodpecker, Malabar parakeet, hill myna, ruby-throated bulbul, shama, Malabar trogon, Malabar whistling thrush, four species of hornbill and racquet-tailed drongo.
BUTTERFLIES
Some of the butterflies in Bhadra sanctuary are yamfly, baronet, crimson rose butterfly, southern birdwing, tailed jay, great orange tip, bamboo tree brown, and blue pansy.
