Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary of India is present in Somwarpet taluk of Kodagu section in southern Karnataka. It is well-known as one of the essential bird areas of the world and home to unusual and vulnerable bird life. It is propagated across 102 km. The sanctuary is adjacent to Bisle reserve forest to the north and Kukke Subramanya forest range to the west. It is present at a range of 287 km from Bangalore.
The topography is designated by extreme areas with waterfalls along its many hill channels. Numerous swamps are also available in this sanctuary. The altitude of the sanctuary differs from 160 to 1712 m, Pushpagiri peak is the topmost in the northern side. The sanctuary is one of the biggest places of tropical evergreen forests in Karnataka with almost 70% of the sanctuary included with forests. Pushpagiri has dense evergreen and semi-evergreen crops, with shola jungles and grasslands in places of higher level.
Indian Wild Dog, Brown Palm Civet, Indian Large Squirrel, Indian Hare, Spotted Deer, Sambar, Indian Muntjac, Gaur, Asian Elephant, Wild Pig, Large Flying Squirrel, Travancore Flying, Otter species, Stripe-necked mongoose and mouse deer are few of the animal species identified here. Three species of primates identified here are typical langur, bonnet macaque and lion-tailed macaque
Accepted as an Important bird Area the sanctuary has a wealthy variety of untamed birds like the Nilgiri wood-pigeon and Near threatened species like gray-breasted laughing thrush, black and orange flycatcher and Nilgiri flycatcher are discovered in this sanctuary. You can also see wild birds such as the blue-winged parakeet, gray-headed bulbul, Malabar grayish hornbill, white-bellied blue flycatcher and small sunbird. Reptiles generally seen in this sanctuary comprises of typical cobra, Indian mountain python, rat snake, olive keelback, king cobra and bamboo pit viper
How to Reach Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary
By Air: Nearest Airport is in Bangalore (260 km) and Mangalore (135 km)
By Rail: Nearest Railway Station is at Mysore (146 km)
By Road: The sanctuary can be reached by road from Mysore via Madikeri (120 km). From Madikeri, the sanctuary is 25 km.
source: http://www.HolidaySeat.com / posted February 15th, 2012
