Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary & National Park is situated at the
tri-junction of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka on the North Eastern Slopes of
the Nilgiris part of Western Ghats descending to the Mysore Plateau. An
erstwhile game reserve, Mudumalai was declared a wildlife sanctuary with a 62 sq
KM area in the early 1940 by the then Madras Presidency.
With Bandipur Tiger
Reserve (Karnataka) in the north, and Wynad Wildlife Sanctuary (Kerala) in the
west the region forms a single, continuous viable habitat for a varied range of
wildlife and is a part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. While Mudumalai’s
western half receives the southwest monsoon, the eastern tracts receive the
gentler north-east monsoon which results in a diversity of vegetation types and typical migration of herbivores
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It is exciting to see Elephant, Gaur, Chowsingha, Mouse deer and Sloth bear. The animals
include, Tiger, Panther, Sambar, Spotted Deer, Barking Deer, Blackbuck, Common
Langur, Malabar Giant Squirrel, Flying Squirrel, Four-horned Antelope
(Chowsingha), Wild Dog, Jackal, Mongoose, Jungle Cat, Rusty Spotted Cat, Leopard
Cat Striped Hyena, Leopard-cat, Small Indian Civet, Striped-necked Mongoose,
Ruddy Mongoose, Sloth Bear, Indian Giant Squirrel,, Sloth Bear, Wild Boar,
Porcupine, Striped Hyena, Slender Lories, etc.. Tigers are largely elusive but
leopards or a pack of Wild Dog, on the move are frequently
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Some of the rare birds of prey like the Rufous
bellied hawk eagle can be occasionally seen in this Sanctuary. Avifauna is
varied with Changeable Hawk Eagle, Black Eagle, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Jerdon’s
Baza, Bonelli’s Eagle, Crested Goshawk, Besra, Mottled Wood Owl, Brown Hawk Owl
Minivet, Hornbills, Golden Oriole, Chloropsis, Paradise flycatcher, Golden
backed and Malabar Great Black woodpeckers, Bluewinged parakeet, Fairy bluebird,
Jungle fowl Racket tailed drongo, Peacock Grey, Junglefowl, Red Spurfowl, Grey
Francolin, Painted Spurfowl, Painted Bush Quail, White bellied Woodpecker,
Lesser Yellownape, Golden Woodpecker, Streak-throated Woodpecker,
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Emerald Dove, Green Imperial Pigeon, Pompadour Green
Pigeon, Grey-bellied Cuckoo, Indian Cuckoo, Alpine Swift, Black-hooded Oriole,
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Black-headed Cuckooshrike, Grey-headed Bulbul,
Forest Wagtail, Crimson-bcked Sunbird, Loten’s Sunbird.
The reptiles present
are the Python, Monitor Lizard, Flying Lizard, Cobra, Krait , Vipers etc. |
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