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A GREAT DESTINATION

SI. ING. STATE/UT & NAME No. No.

BEST

TIME

SPECIES FOUND

OF SANCTUARY

TO VISIT/AREA

WL 132 WL 133

Kinnersani, Khammam Papikonad, W. Godavari

Tiger, panther, wolf, gaur, chital, sambar, nilgai, sloth bear Tiger, panther, wild dog, hyena, jackals, wolves, gaur, four-horned antelope, chital, sambar & nilgai. Estuarine crocodile, otter, fishing cat, jackal, sea-gull, pelicans, stork, heron, flamingo Tiger, panther, sloth bear, wild boar, chital, sambar, nilgai, black buck, sloth foxes, wolves & mugger crocodile Flamingos, pelicans, ducks, teals, stork, crane, heron Gharial & mugger, tiger, leopard, jungle cat, civet, gaur, ratel, sloth bear, sambar, chital, nilgai, four-horned antelope, elephants, hornbill, pea-fowl, jungle-fowl & other birds Salt-water crocodile, leopard, hyena, jungle cat, leopard cat, wild boar, chital, sambar, giant squirrel, water monitor, sea-turtle, king cobra, python, painted stork, adjutant storks, open-billed stork, white ibis, black ibisetc Black buck, chital, Sea cow, cranes, ibis, cormorant, egret, flamingo & pelican

Dec - Mar Nov - June

WL 134

Coringa, E.Godavari

Oct - May

WL 135

Nagarjunsagar, Srisailam, Guntur, Prakasam, Kurnool,

Oct - Jun

3568 sq.kms.

Mehabubnagar & Nalgonda WL 136

Pulicat, Nellore

Oct - Mar

18

ORISSA

WL 137

Satkosia Gorge, Dhenkanal, Puri

Summer &

winter

Cuttack & Phulbani WL138

730 sq.kms.

Bhitarkanika Sanctuary, Cuttack

Winter

WL 139

Chilka, Ganjam & Puri

Winter

900 sq.kms

WL 140 WL 141

Karlapat, Kalahandi

Tiger, leopard, gaur, chital,sambar etc

Winter Winter

Ushalothi, Sammalputpur

Elephant, gaur, tiger, leopard, sambar, chital &

barking deer Tiger, elephant, gaur, chital, leopard, mouse deer, flying

WL 142

Similpal Wildlife Sanctuary (Tiger)

Winter

squirrel & mugger, sloth bear

350 sq.kms.

19

WEST BENGAL

WL 143

Lothian Island

Wild pigs, chital, otter, estuarine crocodiles, Gangetic

Dec - Feb.

dolphin, water birds etc Royal Bengal Tiger, chital, water birds etc

WL 144

Halliday Island,

Dec - Feb.

24-Parganas

WL 145

Sajnakhali, 24-Parganas

Tiger, wild boar, chital, cormorant, open-bill, storks, snake bird, white ibis, purple heron, grey heron, pelican etc Rhino, elephant, gaur, tiger, sambar, hog deer, wild boar, birds Rhino, elephant, tiger, leopard, wild boar, gaur, barking deer, hog deer, sambar & variety of birds Tiger, elephant, gaur, sambar, hog, wild boar, gibbons & variety of birds Tiger, different species of deer, wild boar, estuarine

July-Dee.

Oct - Apr.

WL 146

Gorumaraja Jalpaiguri

Dec - May

WL 147 WL 148

Jaldapara, Jalpaiguri

Mahanandi, Darjeeling

Nov - Apr.

WL 149

Sunderbans Tiger Reserve 24-Parganas

Sept- May

crocodile, Gangetic dolphin

WL 150

Singalila

WL 151

Neora Valley

Leopard, serow, pangolin, elephant

Oct-Apr.

Leopard, elephant, swamp deer

Oct-Apr.

24 SIKKIM

WL 152

Khangchendzonga National Park, Gangtok

Snow leopard, clouded leopard, leopard, marbled cat, civet,

Feb- Apr.

Himalayan tahr, black bear, red panda, Tibetan wild ass, blue sheep, serow, takin, musk deer, pheasant, partridge, green pigeon, bharal, marbled cat, binturong, goral, etc.

21 ASSAM

Elephant, wild buffalo, leopard, common langur, hoolock

Feb- May

WL 153

Garampani, Diphu

Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, wild buffalo, elephant,

Feb- May

WL 154

Kaziranga National Park Jorhat

Gaur, leopard, cat, wild boar, civet cat, otter, swamp deer, hog deer, sambar, tiger, python, pelican, partridge.