India
Plan a Visit to the Untouched Habitat of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in India
An Introduction
Plan a visit to the reserve that has been declared as a world heritage site, located in the Western Ghats.
It is the meeting point of Eastern and Western Ghats and is the home for Asiatic elephants. The flora and fauna of this place is quite rich; it is also the largest tiger reserve in the southern peninsula.
Species Found Over Here Includes
- 50 fish species
- 227 bird species
- 21 amphibian species
- 34 reptile species
- 80% of bird species in the entire country
227 Bird Species Including
- 110 insectivores species
- 23 fishivore species
- 62 carnivore species
- 20 grainivore species
- 12 omnivore species
Black and orange flycatchers are rarely spotted here
Birds of this park includes
- Malabar grey hornbill
- Crested hawk eagle
- Changeable hawk eagle
- Jerdon’sbaza
- Crested goshawk
- Oriental honey buzzard
- Crested serpent eagle
- Malabar trogon
- Black eagle
- Bonelli’s eagle
- Brown hawk owl
- Besra
- Mottled wood owl
- Hornbill
- Golden backed woodpecker
- Chloropsis
- Blue winged parakeet
- Lesser yellownape
- Green imperial pigeon
- Emerald dove
- Chestnut headed bee eater
- Fairy bluebird
- Grey francolin
- Jungle fowl
- White bellied woodpecker
- Streak throated woodpecker
- Paradise flycatcher
- Painted bush quail
- Alpine swift
- Grey headed bulbul
- Black hooded oriole
Green imperial pigeon and many more
The area experiences adequate rainfall but the eastern parts of the Ghats inhabit dry thorn and deciduous forest. It has a varied vegetation type such as wet evergreen forest, dry deciduous forest and thorn forest.
IIt is placed at the confluence of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala states. It is surrounded by the Bandipur Tiger reserve on the north and Wyanaad Wildlife Sanctuary on the west. The Muddumalai tiger reserve is also a part of the Nilgiri biosphere reserve. The reserve spreads over an area of 321 sq km. Tiger population of the area is highly dense. The Muddumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as tiger reserve under the wildlife protection act of 1972. The sanctuary is segregated into five ranges- Masinagudi, Mudumalai, Kargudi, Thepakadu and Nellakota.
The reserve supports wide array of vulnerable and endangered species namely Indian leopard, gaur, Bengal tiger and elephant. 266 species birds are found in the sanctuary, of which vulture and Indian white rumped vulture are critically endangered. The weather during the month of December till January is cold with an average temperature of 16-26 degree Celsius. The month of March and April are hot with an average temperature of 19 to 30 degree Celsius. The eco-tourism is encouraged widely. Project tiger in Mudumalai Tiger reserve has been continued by the National Tiger Conservation Authority at Rs.40 million.
Finest Time to Visit Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (Best Time to Visit Mudumalai Tiger Reserve)
Except during the hot summer months when the sun is at its brightest self, all other months can be appropriate to visit the famous mudumalai wildlife sanctuary. All throughout the year one can enjoy the sights of diverse biodiversity of the region.
