Wildlife and Birdwatching Adventures in Pilibhit Forest Reserve

Uttarakhand may be small, but it is rich with animal life, attracting many enthusiasts to its numerous locations, which enables learning about the variety of wildlife present in the Terai and the National Park, best known for its wildlife.

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is situated in the Terai Arc landscape region bordering India and Nepal. It is famous for a unique combination of sal forest, tall grass, and swamp. Ecologically, it provides varied habitats for different forms of fauna, which include tigers, leopards, cats, and crocodiles, thus making it an important tiger corridor. A birdwatching paradise, Pilibhit has a great diversity of resident and migrating waterfowl including Sirkeer Malkoha, lesser adjutant, vultures, grey-headed fish eagle, black-rumped flame back, streak-throated wood pecker and many more Indian pitta.