Kerala Wildlife

Kerala Wildlife

Kerala is home to several wildlife sanctuaries. Wildlife lovers can plan tours to this state of the India to explore its rich fauna of the South. The mountains of Western Ghats are a Habitat for various flora and fauna. The main wildlife parks in Kerala are:

Peiryar wildlife sanctuary

Located around the Peiryar Lake in northwestern Idukki in Kerala, wildlife Peiryar

Sanctuary was fighter of the Maharajas of Travancore. It is now declared as national park. While turning this park, one can explore the herds of elephants, Tigers, leopards, monkeys, diet, bear, porcupine, Malabar squirrel and large number of birds including the great Hornbill India.  One can tour the Park between December and April.

Idukki wildlife sanctuary

Idukki wildlife sanctuary is home to elephants, deer, gaur, Tiger, boar and various birds, including birds of forest, wood peckers and King fishers.

Thattekad bird sanctuary

The bird lovers can be packaged to bird sanctuary Thattekad found Munnar. It is also known as Dr. Salim Ali sanctuary for birds and home to more than 200 varieties of birds. This sanctuary is home to birds such as Malabar Trogon, Malabar Hornbill and common grey Hornbill.

Other known and worthy of visits shrines are wildlife sanctuary chinnar wildlife sanctuary, wildlife sanctuary Parambikulam wildlife sanctuary Aralam wildlife sanctuary Muthanga, bird sanctuary Kadalundi bird sanctuary Thattekad, Kumarakom and Silent Valley National Park, Eravikulam National Park bird sanctuary.

Wildlife sanctuaries of Kerala

Kerala wildlife sanctuaries are home to large variety of animals, reptiles and floras. The main animals are elephants, gaur, sambar, deer, dogs, cats, Tigers, wild boar, sloth bears, leopards, macaques Lion, Nilgiri Tahrs, grizzled, Hanuman Langur, giant squirrel's tail real turkeys, turtles star, dogs, cats, Civet, moth of Atlas bonnet macaques, Loris, Mongoose, bears, barking deer, pangolin, bison, etc..

The main floras are teak, maruthu, karimaruthi, palo de Rosa, venteak, vengal, chadachi, mazhukanjiram, bamboo, neem, nanjanathi, sandal, dendrocalamus, marythu, vaka, mulluvenka, elavu, Palau manjakadambu, vembu, aval, 171 species of grass, 143 species of orchids, etc.