Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve

Highlights

• Tadoba National Park is a popular tiger reserve that’s affably known as ‘The Land of Tigers’ since as much as 88 tigers are found here. Apart from the species of Bengal tiger, this park is home to other mammals like sloth bear, leopard, rusty spotted cat, gaur (Indian bison), Indian mouse deer, ratel, sambar, wild pig, spotted deer, flying squirrel, four-horned antelope, to name a few. As soon the night falls, the small Indian civet, the palm civet, the ratel, and the flying squirrel make their presence felt. Some of the major wild animals that are always found in this park include hyenas, barking deer, blue bulls, Indian pangolins, porcupines.
• The rich bird life includes species like the mottled wood owl, Malabar pied hornbill, Indian scimitar babbler, Tickell’s blue flycatcher, painted francolin, Asian paradise flycatcher, white-rumped shama, golden oriole, black-naped monarch, red spurfowl, painted spurfowl and gray jungle fowl. Raptors include the Bonelli’s eagle, crested serpent eagle, oriental honey buzzard, changeable hawk eagle, white-eyed buzzard and shikra.