Parsa
Wildlife
Reserve
occupies
parts of
Chitwan,
Makawanpur,
Parsa
and Bara
Districts
in
central
Nepal.
The
reserve
headquarters
is
situated
at
Adabar
on the
Hetauda-Birgunj
highway.
The
dominant
landscape
of the
reserve
is the
Churiya
hills
ranging
from 750
m. to
950 m.
and
running
east-west
through
the
reserve.
The
reserve
has
sub-tropical
forest
types
with sal
constituting
90% of
the
vegetation.
In the
Churiya
hills
and
along
the
streams,
chir
pine
grows.
Khair,
sissoo
and the
silk
cotton
tree
also
occur.
Sabai
grass, a
commercially
important
species,
grows
well
along
southern
face of
the
Churiya
hills.
The
reserve
supports
a good
population
of
resident
wild
elephant,
tiger,
leopard,
sloth
bear,
gaur,
blue
bull,
and wild
dog.
Other
common
animals
are
sambar,
chital,
hog
deer,
barking
deer,
langur,
striped
hyena,
ratel,
palm
civet
and
jungle
cat.
There
are
nearly
300
species
of birds
in the
reserve.
Giant
hornbill,
peafowl,
red
jungle
fowl,
flycatchers
and
woodpeckers
are a
few of
the
other
common
birds
found in
the
reserve.
Many
kinds of
snakes
including
king
cobra,
common
cobra,
krait,
rat
snake
and
python
are
found in
the
reserve
due to
hot
tropical
climate. |
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