Uttarakhand Biodiversity

(Photo: Amit Kumar, Nanda devi National Park)

 

Uttarakhand Protected Areas

 

S. No.

Name

Year initially/

finally notified

Area (Sq. Km.)

1

Corbett National Park

1936

520.82

2

Rajaji National Park

1983/ 2013

819.54

3

Gangotri National Park

1989

2390

4

Govind National Park

1990/ 2013

558.88

5

Nanda Devi National Park

1982

624.6

6

Valley of Flowers National Park

1982

87.5

7

Askot Wildlife Sanctuary

1986/ 2013

600

8

Benog Mountain Quail Wildlife Sanctuary

1993

10.82

9

Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary

1988

45.59

10

Govind Wildlife Sanctuary

1955/ 2013

481.05

11

Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary

1972

975.2

12

Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary

2012

269.96

13

Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary

1987

301.18

14

Asan Conservation Reserve

2005

4.44

15

Jhilmil Conservation Reserve

2005

37.84

16

Pawalgarh Conservation Reserve

2012

58.25

(Source: Uttarakhand Forest Department)

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  • Fauna of Uttarakhand (Part-1) Vertebrates. State Fauna Series, 18 (Source: ZSI, Kolkata) Download PDF
  • An Updated Checklist of the Birds of Uttarakhand, Compiled by: Dhananjai Mohan & Sanjay Sondhi, Published by: Uttarakhand Forest Department, DownloadPDF (PDF Size 1.14 m.b.)


 

  • An Updated Checklist of the Birds of Uttarakhand (download PDF)

 

(Source: An Updated Checklist of the Birds of Uttarakhand, Compiled by: Dhananjai Mohan & Sanjay Sondhi, Published by: Uttarakhand Forest Department. Website: http://www.uttarakhandbirdfestival.in/)

 
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  • Birds of Kumaon region

 1. Birds of oak forests in the Kumaon Himalaya, Uttar Pradesh, India

 2. Birds of three different forest habitats in Nainital district (Western Himalaya), Uttarakhand, India

 3. Bird assemblages in natural and urbanized habitats along elevational gradient in Nainital district (western Himalaya) of Uttarakhand state, India

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