BIRDS

Bandipur

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Bandipur (Karnataka)	219 km from Bangalore 80 km from Mysore	Mysore Guest House, Bombay Tourist Lodge, Bamboo Bank Farm House, Forest Lodge	Best time March to July and September to October	July to April	Mammals: Elephant, gaur, sambar, cheetal, barking deer, mouse deer, four horned antelope, wild pig, black-naped hare, pangolin, Indian porcupine, giant squirrel, flying squirrel, slender loris, sloth bear, tiger, leopard, wild dog, striped hyena, jungle cat, leopard cat, rusy spotted cat, small Indian civer, otter. Birds: Cormorants, teals, ducks, waders, herons, ospreys, grey-headed fishing eagles, crested hawk eagles, honey buzzard, shahin falcon, hobby, king vulture, grey jungle fowl, red spurfowl, Malabar trogan, Malabar pied hornbill, fairy blue bird, Indian pitta, scarlet minivet, paradise flycatcher, Malabar whistling thrush, Imperial pigeon.

Chilka Sanctuary

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Chilka Sanctuary (Orissa)	100 km from Bhubaneswar	Tourist Lodges	December to March	Dec. to March	Mammals: Fishing cat, blackbuck, cheetal. Bird: Flamingo,ducks, bar-headed goose, sandpiper, plover,ruddy shel-duck, gulls, terns, white-bellied sea eagle.

Corbett National Park

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Corbett National Park (Uttar Pradesh)	245 km from Delhi	Annexe, Forest Rest House, Tourist Hutment (Dhikala) quality Inn, Tiger Tops, Claridges Resort.	November to May (Best time December to May)	Nov. to June	Mammals: Tiger, elephant, leopard, leopard cat, barking deer, cheetal, hog deer, yellow-throated marten, sloth bear, civet cat, rhesus macaque. Birds: King vulture, pallas fishing eagle, shag,erested serpent eagle, shikra, osprey, red junglefowl, kalij pheasant, black partridge,curlew, brown fish owl, great pied hornbill, little green bee-eater, golden-backed woodpecker, scarlet minivet, black headed oriole, cormorant, darter, black necked stork, white breasted kingfisher, large pied wagtail. Reptiles: Indian python, viper, cobra, krait, king cobra, turtle, tortoise, gharial, mugger.

Dachigam National Park

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Dachigam National Park, Srinagar (Kashmir)	22 km from Srinagar	Good hotels and houseboats in Srinagar	April to October (Best time May to September)	Year round	Mammals: Kashmir stag, Himalayan black bear, brown bear, leopard, snow leopard, Himalayan grey langur, hill fox, yellow throated marten, wild boar, otter, jungle cat, Himalayan weasel, long tailed marmot, serow. Birds: Cinnamon sparrow, black and yellow grosbeak, black bulbul, monal pheasant, Himalayan griffon, lammergeier, long-tailed blue magpie, golden oriele, minivets, pigmy owlet, Himalayan pied woodpecker, Himalayan ruby throat, streaked laughing thrush, koklas pheasant.

Kanha

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Kanha (Madhya Pradesh)	280 km from Nagpur	Kipling Camp, Safari Lodge, wild chalet, Forest Rest House	November to June (Best time February to June)	Nov. to June	Mammals: Tiger, leopard, gaur, dhole, cheetal, sloth bear, blackbuck, sambar, barking deer,mouse deer, hyena, jackal, wild boar, barasingha, porcupine. Birds: Peafowl, Indian roller, green bee-eater, grey hornbill, tree pie, munia, blackheaded oriole, golden oriole, paradise flycatcher, Malabar hornbill, Indian pitta, Indian stone curlew, green pigeon, black ibis, white necked stork, serpent eagle, crested honey buzzard, shikra, laggar, shahin falcon, barn owl, brown fish owl.

Kaziranga

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Kaziranga (Assam)	216 km from Guwahati 97 km from Jorhat	Tourist Lodge.	November to April (Best time November to March)	Nov. to April	Mammals: Indian one-horned rhinoceros,tiger, wild buffalo, elephant, barasingha, hog deer, wild boar, leopard, leopart cat. Bird: Crested serpent eagle, Pallas fishing eagle, grey-headed fishing eagle, swamp partridge, red jungle fowl, Bengal florican, barheaded goose, whistling teal, pelicans, egret, heron, black-necked stork, open-billed stork.

Keoladeo Ghana

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Keoladeo Ghana (Bharatpur) (Rajasthan)	177 km from Delhi 48 km from Agra	Sarus Tourist Bunglow, ITDC Forest Lodge, Shanti kutir, Golbag Palace Hotel	November to February. (Best time August to October when Indian water birds are nesting).	Year round	Mammals: Wild boar, sambar, cheetal, nilgai, blackbuck, mongoose, otters, jungle cat, leopard cat, fishing cat, palm civets, jackals, hyenas, fox, porcupine, hare. Birds: Siberian crane, great and little cormorant, shag, darter, egrets, herons, painted stork, open billed stork, blacknecked stork, adjutant stork, spoonbill, ibis, sarus crane, dalmatian pelican, spotbilled pelican,white pelican, barhead gose, greylag goose, comb duck, spotbill, common teal, pintail, common shelduck, mallard, gadwel, pigeon, shoveller, demoiselle crane, common crane, coot, pheasanttailed jacana, painted snipe, chestnut-bellied sandgrouse, green pigeon, collared scops owl, paradise fly catcher, marsh harrier, crested honey- buzzard, laggar falcon shahin falcon, pallas fishing eagle, tawny eagle. Reptiles: Rock python, monitor lizard.

Mudumalai

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Mudumalai (Tamilnadu)	97 km from Mysore 64 km from Ootacamund	Forest Rest House, Bamboo Bank Farm House, Jungle Hut.	September to October	Year round	Mammals: Tiger, leopard, wild dog, gaur, elephant, cheetal, sambar, barking deer, mouse deer, wild boar, bonnet macaque, common langur, giant squirrel, flying squirrel Birds: Malabar trogan, Malabar grey hornbill, Malabar great black woodpecker, crested hawk eagle, crested serpent eagle, common scops owl, tiny eared owl, barbets, mynas, parakeets, cuckoos.

Nagarhole National Park

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Nagarhole National Park, Mysore (Karnataka)	200 km from Bangalore 67 km from Mysore	Forest Rest House	October to June (Best time October to April)	Year round	Mammals: Elephant, gaur, sambar, cheetal, barking deer, mouse deer, four horned antelope, wild pig, black-naped hare, pangolin, Indian porcupine, giant squirrel, flying squirrel, slender loris, sloth bear, tiger, leopard, wild dog, striped hyena, jungle cat, leopard cat, rusty spotted cat, small Indian civet, otter. Birds: cormorants, teals, ducks, waders, herons, ospreys, grey-headed fishing eagles, crested hawk eagle, serpent eagle, honey buzzard, shahin falcon, hobby, king vulture, grey jungle fowl, red spurfowl, grey partridge Malabar trogan, Malabar pied hornbill, fairyblue bird, Indian pitta, scarlet minivet, paradise flycatcher, Malabar whistling thrush, Imperial pigeon

Periyar

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Periyar (Kerala)	208 km from Cochin 160 km from Madurai and 258 km from Trivandrum.	Aranya Nivas, Lake Palace, Periyar House	September to May	Year round	Mammals: Tiger, elephant, sambar, barking deer, mouse deer, nilgiri tahr, porcupine, lion-tailed macaque, Nilgiri langur, bonnet macaque, Malabar squirrel, sloth bear. Birds: Darter, cormorant,osprey, kingfisher, great hornbill, grey hornbill, oriole, hill myna, racket-tailed drongo. Reptiles: Monitor lizard, python, king cobra,flying- lizard, flying snake.

Sultanpur Lake

Sanctuary	Access	Accommodation	Season	Open	Animals/Birds
Sultanpur Lake (Haryana)	48 km from Delhi	Tourist Lodge	November to February	Nov. to Feb.	Birds: Demoiselle crane, grey-headed goose, ruddy shelduck, pochard, gadwel, teal, mallard, white pelican, rosy pelican, cormorant, herons, white ibis, painted stork, spoonbill.