List of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries of Gujarat, India
The Gujarat state of western India has four National Parks and twenty-one Wildlife Sancturies which are managed by the Forest Department of the Government of Gujarat.[1]
National parks of Gujarat
# | Name of National Park | Area km2 | District | Major Wildlife Supported |
1 | Gir Forest National Park | 258.71 | Junagadh | Asiatic lion, leopard, chausingha, spotted deer, hyena, sambar deer, chinkara |
2 | Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar | 34.08 | Bhavnagar | Blackbuck, fox, Macqueen's bustard, lesser florican |
3 | Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch | 162.89 | Jamnagar | Sponges, corals, jelly fish, seahorse, octopus, pearl oyster, starfish, lobster, dolphin |
4 | Vansda National Park | 23.99 | Navsari | Leopard, hyena, spotted deer, chausingha |
Wildlife sanctuaries of Gujarat
The wildlife sanctuaries are listed in descending order of area.
# | Name of Sanctuary | Area km2 | District | Major Wildlife Supported |
1 | Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary | 7506.22 | Kutch | Chinkara, hyena, fox, flamingo, pelicans and other waterfowl and herpetofauna |
2 | Wild Ass Sanctuary | 4953.70 | Kutch | Chinkara, nilgai, blackbuck, onager(wild ass) wolf, fox, Macqueen's bustard, waterfowl, herpetofauna |
3 | Gir Wildlife Sanctuary & National Parks | 1153.42 | Junagadh | Lion, leopard, chausinga, chital, hyena, sambar, chinkara, herpetofauna, crocodiles and birds |
4 | Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary | 607.70 | Narmada | Sloth bear, leopard, rhesus macaque, chausinga, barking deer, pangolin, herpetofauna, birds including Alexandrian parakeet |
5 | Balaram Ambaji Wildlife Sanctuary | 542.08 | ||
6 | Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary | 444.23 | Kutch | Chinkara, green day, desert cat, hyena, desert fox, jackal, birds, herpetofauna |
7 | Marine Sanctuary | 295.03 | Jamnagar | Sponges, corals, jellyfish, sea horse, octopus, oyster, pearl oyster, starfish, dolphin, dugong, waterfowl |
8 | Barda Wildlife Sanctuary | 192.31 | Porbandar & Jamnagar | Leopard, blue bull, hyena, wild boar, jackal, birds, herpetofauna |
9 | Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary | 180.66 | Banaskantha | Sloth bear, leopard, hyena, birds, herpetofauna |
10 | Purna Wildlife Sanctuary | 160.8 | Dangs | Leopard, barking deer, macaques, four horned antelope, sambhar, hyena, herpetofauna, birds |
11 | Jambuhoda Wildlife Sanctuary | 130.38 | Panchmahal | Sloth bear, leopard, jungle cat, hyena, wolf, four horned antelope, herpetofauna, birds |
12 | Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary | 120.82 | Ahmedabad, Surendranagar | Flamingos, pelicans, coot, ducks, waders, storks, herons and other waterfowl, herpetofauna |
13 | Ratanmahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary | 55.65 | Dahod | Sloth bear, leopard, hyena, jackal, chausinga, civet cat, jungle cat, birds, herpetofauna |
14 | Pania Wildlife Sanctuary | 39.63 | Amreli | Lion, chinkara, leopard, chital, hyena, wild boar, four horned antelope, pangolin, blue bull, birds |
15 | Rampara Wildlife Sanctuary | 15.01 | Rajkot | Blue bull, chinkara, wolf, fox, jackal, birds, herpetofauna |
16 | Thol Wildlife Sanctuary | 6.99 | Mehsana | Cranes, geese, flamingos, sarus and about 125 other waterfowl species |
17 | Hingolgadh Nature Education Sanctuary | 6.54 | Rajkot | Chinkara, blue bull, wolf, hyena, fox, birds, herpetofauna |
18 | Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary | 6.05 | Jamnagar | Indian skimmer, ibises, painted stork, cormorants, etc.
About 220 bird species, herpetofauna |
19 | Gaga Wildlife Sanctuary | 3.33 | Jamnagar | Great Indian bustard, wolf, jackal, birds, herpetofauna |
20 | Kutch Bustard Sanctuary | 2.03 | Kutch | Great Indian bustard, lesser florican, Macqueen's bustard, chinkara, blue bull, herpetofauna |
21 | Porbandar Bird Sanctuary | 0.09 | Porbandar | Flamingos, pelicans, spoonbill and various bird spp. |
- Arid Forest Research Institute cater the forestry research needs of the Arid and semi arid region of Rajasthan, Gujarat & Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman-Diu.
References
- ↑ "Gujarat Forest Department". Retrieved 30 November 2013.
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