Why visit Mudumalai National Park
Mudumalai National Park is contiguous to the Bandipur National Park. The river Moyar that flows along the border of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka separates the two. Nature has been lavish in providing this sanctuary with thickly wooded hills, plateaus, deep valleys, waterfalls, rivers, marshes and streams. Mainly mixed forests with Bamboos (Bambusa arundinacea), Natural Teak (Terminalia tomontosa) Grewia, and blooming trees like Indian labumusum, Aredesia, Solanahncea are some of the flora. The fauna to be found here are Elephants, Gaur, Bonnet Macaque, Common Langur, Tigers and Leopards, Sloth Bear, Python, Barking Deer, Four- Horned Antelope, Otter, Crocodiles (mugger), Giant flying Squirrel, Sambar, Hyaena, Wild Dog, Wild Boar, Mouse Deer, Spotted Deer, Jackal, Hare, Porcupine and Mongoose. The avifauna listed in this sanctuary are Peacock-our National bird, Grey Jungle Fowl, Red Spur Fowl, Grey Partridge Quails, Goggle Eyed Plower, Malabar Whistling Thrush, Large Racket-Tailed Drongo, The Magpie-Robin, Spotted Babbler, Small Green Barbet, Green Pigeons, Malabar Grey Hornbill, Bulbuls, Mynahs, etc. Among birds of prey, Eagles, Hawks, Buzzards, Harriers, Falcons and King Vulture are predominant, besides some migratory water birds.
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